AJPV_SSAL Old and Middle English Literature Seminar

Faculty of Education
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_SSAL/PV: Mon 13:25–15:05 učebna 58, J. Izavčuk
Prerequisites
A reading proficiency adequate to university level. Introduction to Literature course.
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
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.
Syllabus
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. Beowulf
  • 3. King Arthur
  • 4. Chaucer, Langland
  • 5. Shakespeare: Sonnets
  • 6. Shakespeare: King Lear
  • 7. Renaissance drama: Shakespeare
  • 8. Metaphysical poets: John Donne
  • 9. Birth of a novel: Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding
  • 10. Milton, Pope
  • 11. Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy
  • 12. REVISION
Literature
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature, Part I. 3. upravené. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2007, 130 pp. 4096/Pd-7/05-17/94. 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
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, homework, reading, text analysis
Assessment methods
test, colloquy
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1312
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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