AJL24252 Twentieth Century Anglophone War Fiction

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
0/2/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno prezenčně.
Vyučující
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
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Cíle předmětu
The course will look at aspects of British and American fiction which derive their principal creative focus from being situated in a time of war. In this case, the wars in question are the First and Second World Wars. This year's course will look at four trilogies, or in one case tetralogy, written by Pat Barker and Ford Madox Ford in relation to the First World War, and by Evelyn Waugh and Olivia Manning in relation to the Second World War, along with some shorter works of fiction, plus one novel length and one novella length poem, again relating to the First and Second World Wars respectively.The aim of the course will be to examine and compare the different approaches to war and wartime society each of these works take.By the end of the course participants will have discussed, analysed and compared the works in question and produced an essay focusing on specific aspects of issues raised.Materials not on the internet are available in ELF.
Výstupy z učení
Students taking the course will have gained knowledge of some of the most celebrated works of English fiction and poetry pertaining to events in the two world wars, as displayed through appropriate expression in oral and written terms.
Osnova
  • Week 1:Introductory Week 2:Ford Madox Ford: Parade's End:Some Do Not Week 3: Ford Madox Ford:No More Parades; A Man Could Stand Up Week 4 Richard Aldington: Death of a Hero Week 5: David Jones: In Parenthesis Week 6: Pat Barker: Regeneration Trilogy: 1. Regeneration Weel 7: READING WEEK: NO CLASS Week 8: Pat Barker: 2.The Eye in the Door; 3.The Ghost Road Week 9: Louis MacNeice: Autumn Journal Week 10:Evelyn Waugh: Sword of Honour (first half) Week 11:Evelyn Waugh: Sword of Honour: (second half) Week 12:Olivia Manning: The Levant Trilogy(first half) Week 13:Olivia Manning: The Levant Trilogy (second half)
Literatura
  • Regeneration
  • Prynne,J.H. Poems Bloodaxe Newcastle Upon Tyne 1999 ISBN 1 85224 492 5
  • FORD, Ford Madox. Parade's end. Edited by Robert Hampson - Andrew Purssell. 1st pub. Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 2013, xxiv, 744. ISBN 9781840227192. info
  • BARKER, Pat. The ghost road. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1996, 277 s. ISBN 0-14-023628-7. info
  • PYNCHON, Thomas. Gravity's rainbow. New York: Penguin Books, 1995, 760 s. ISBN 0140188592. info
  • BARKER, Pat. The eye in the door. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, 280 s. ISBN 0-14-016878-8. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Regeneration. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, 251 s. ISBN 0-14-012308-3. info
  • MANNING, Olivia. The levant trilogy. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1982, 3 sv. ISBN 0140059628. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Men at arms. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 245 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Officers and gentlemen. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 248 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Unconditional surrender. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 239 s. info
Výukové metody
The course will be taught through a combination of close reading and discussion and participants will be further required to submit an essay analysing specific elements covered in relation to the course
Metody hodnocení
The course will be assessed in terms of oral contribution (40%) and an essay of 8-10 pages (60%).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2019, podzim 2020.