A2BP_SALI Old and Middle English Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2BP_SALI/Kombi01: Fri 21. 9. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Fri 12. 10. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Fri 26. 10. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Fri 9. 11. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Fri 23. 11. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Fri 7. 12. 8:00–10:50 učebna 10, Z. Janík, J. Šalamoun
A2BP_SALI/Prez01: Mon 15:00–17:50 učebna 56, Z. Janík, J. Šalamoun
Prerequisites
( A2BP_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BP_GR1B Grammar B && A2BP_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam
A reading proficiency adequate to university level. Introduction to Literature course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is the first in the series of the so-called survey courses, and aims to map out the period of the British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century. The seminar is based on reading and analysis of selected extracts, and activities and discussions related to them. The goal of the course is that the students are acquainted with chief works, authors and topics of the relevant periods,will achieve an in-depth understanding of the British life and culture and will exercise their reading and other competences.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
1) identify and describe major trends in British literature and understand their relationship to British society and culture
2) develop their skills in analytical reading and proposal writing
3) research, prepare, and hand in a proposal for an academic paper
4) understand and frame literary works as a form of social commentary which responds to specific historical occurrences
Syllabus
  • 1. General introduction to Old English period: OE poems (Seafarer, Wanderer, The Dream of the Rood) and riddles.
  • 2. Class cancelled due to national holiday.
  • 3. The Old English Hero: Beowulf.
  • 4. The Middle English Hero: Gawain and the Green Knight.
  • 5. Middle English Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer in Context. ("Prologue to Canterbury Tales" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale.")
  • 6. Elizabethan Era: Shakespearean sonnets.
  • 7. Elizabethan Era: The Cruel Wooing of Shakespeare's of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • 8. The Hero of John Milton: Selected extracts from Paradise Lost.
  • 9. Satire against Progress: Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels.
  • 10. The Dawning of a New Genre: The Novel and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (part one).
  • 11. Robinson Crusoe (part two).
  • 12. Robinson Crusoe (part three).
  • 13. Summary and conclusion of the course.
Literature
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature: Part I. 2nd ed. Brno: PdF MU, 2005, 132 pp. 2. vydání. ISBN 80-210-3638-9. info
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
Teaching methods
Discussion, small group work, lecture, in class writing exercises.
Assessment methods
Weekly writing exercises in Moodle (25%)
Participation (20%)
In-class low-stakes writing (5%)
Annotated bibliography of five academic papers related to one response log written during the semester (50%).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1312
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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