AJL24104 Aspects of Later 19th and Early 20th Century British Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will consider elements of later nineteenth and earlier twentieth century British with the aim of providing a thorough consideration of the social, political, and cultural developments and perspectives occuring in this period. This semester's course will focus primarily on the later Victorian and Edwardian novel. Writers whose work is considered on this course include:Joseph Conrad,E.M. Forster,George Gissing, Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, William Morris, Walter Pater, Dorothy Richardson, and Bram Stoker.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the course will have gained a better understanding of the issues and perspectives occurring in the period as well as of the transition from late Victorian to early Modernist aesthetics.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introductory Week 2: Wilkie Collins:The Woman in White Week 3: William Morris: News from Nowhere Week 4: Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles Week 5: George Gissing: The Odd Women Week 6: Edmund Gosse: Father and Son Week 7: READING WEEK: NO LESSON Week 8: Henry James: The Wings of the Dove Week 9: Walter Pater: Marius the Epicurean Week 10:Bram Stoker Dracula Week 11:Rudyard Kipling: Kim Week 12: Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent Week 13: E.M.Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread & A Room With A View Week 14: Dorothy Richardson: Deadlock; Revolving Lights
Teaching methods
Teaching will take the form of close reading, míní-group and full class discussion.
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by attendance oral contribution (55%), and an essay of 7-10 pages (45%). Essays should be submitted to my e-mail address in the IS (33697@muni.cz) and nowhere else. If you have not received a grade after 3 days please let me know.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022.
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