AJPV_LOND London in Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018

The course is not taught in Spring 2018

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on London as not only political but also a cultural metropolis. Supported by self-studies, home reading, guided reading experience (see The Reader) and class discussions, students are encouraged to read and critically comment on the role of London in English literature, its influence on the literary and cultural imagination from the 17th century to the middle of the 20 century and beyond. In the end of the course, students students should be able to DISCUSS works of selected British authors related to London; IDENTIFY the main artistic conventions and theories underlying selected texts of fiction and poetry, and ANALYSE the texts in order to understand relevant artistic and period features. The course is an extention of lectures in British history and British literature.
Syllabus
  • Areas to be discussed:
  • 1. Introduction, requirements, map of London, chronology of history of London.
  • 2.London and journalism. Reading: Samuel Pepys; Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Extra: Francis Bacon
  • 3. Victorian London I. Reading: Charles Dickens
  • 4. Victorian London II. Reading: Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 5. London and the Thames. Reading J.K. Jerome; Joseph Conrad
  • 6. London and popular culture. Reading G.B. Shaw
  • 7. London and women Reading: Wirginia Wolf; Katherine Mansfield
  • 8. London and modernity Reading: Aldous Huxley, George Orwell.
  • 9. London and immigrants Reading: Peter Ackroyd, A.N. Wilson
  • 10. London and you: share your personal experience
  • 11. London and poetry: reading and discussing a poetry reader
  • 12. London and [required] reading
Literature
    recommended literature
  • LEHAN, Richard Daniel. The city in literature : an intellectual and cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998, xvi, 330. ISBN 0520212568. URL info
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Edited by M. H. Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986, xlvi, 2578. ISBN 0393954781. info
  • MUMFORD, Lewis. The city in history. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, 693 s. info
Teaching methods
Class discussions on assigned readings, individual and group presentations, homework that entails reading and writing short response papers.
Assessment methods
Evaluation, credits: 80% attendance, regular home reading and activity in class, discussions, a short presentation on specific aspects of English literature related to London. Colloquy: Discuss the picture of London in two required novels you have read. Focus on all possible aspects (see the topics of seminars).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Literární seminář. Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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