AJ2RC_AMLI American Literature 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course goals: - explore the 20th century American literature
Syllabus
  • Course outline: February 24: Introduction to the course; Modernism March 3: The South and Literature March 10: The West and Literature March 17: Postmodernism March 24: Ethnic Minorities and Literature; Magic Realism March 31: American Drama April 7: American Poetry April 14: Childrens and Juvenile Literature; Popular Literature April 21: your presentations and questions: Ernest Hemingway, F.S. Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck April 28: your presentations and questions: Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, E.L. Doctorow May 5: your presentations and questions: Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates May 12: your presentations and questions: Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston May 19: your presentations and questions: Don DeLillo, Tom Robbins, Paul Auster
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements: - regular participation - team presentations (instructions will be placed on the moodlinka in time) - reading journal (will include the names listed above, for details see the moodlinka) - final project (exploring ELT textbooks and bookstores shelves in search of American literature; details will be placed on the moodlinka by March 31)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
for details and literature see the moodlinka
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005.
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