AJ2MP_B20A Seminar to British literature of the 20th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, 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
AJ2MP_B20A/01: Tue 14:50–16:30 učebna 12, J. Šalamoun
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
This survey course examines the development of British literature throughout the 20th century on the background of historical, social and cultural events. In the seminars we will explore major writers and literary movements of the period as well as recurrent themes and motifs in the assigned readings. In the end of the course students will be able to recognize major figures of British literature of the 20th century. Throughout the semester students are encouraged to link theory in the classroom to practice at schools via practical tasks. Tasks for Teaching practice: Students will choose a text/cultural issue/important literary and/or cultural figure from the 20th century British literature, culture and society, integrate this choice into a class activity, and finally share in our class discussion. Simultaneously, students are required to give feedback to others' teaching practice contributions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
  • 3. Modernism: Virginia Woolf ("Tha Mark on the Wall") and James Joyce ("Eveline")
  • 4. C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • 5. George Orwell, Animal Farm
  • 6. Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories
  • 7. Neil Gaiman, Sandman Vol. 1
  • 8. J. K. Rowling, extracts from the Harry Potter novels
  • 9. On writing the final paper
  • 10. Student presentations I
  • 11. Student presentations II
  • 12. Final paper discussion
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The Longman anthology of British literature. Edited by David Damrosch - Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Jennifer Wicke. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2002, xxiii, s. ISBN 032110580X. info
  • SANDERS, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 732 s. ISBN 0198186975. info
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
    not specified
  • MEISEL, Perry. The myth of the modern :a study in British literature and criticism after 1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987, x, 263 s. ISBN 0-300-03946-8. info
  • MANLY, John Matthews, Fred Benjamin MILLETT and Edith RICKERT. Contemporary British literature : a critical survey and 232 author-bibliographies. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. / base. London: Harcourt, Brace, 1935, xi, 556 p. info
Teaching methods
Reading, discussing and analyzing selected materials, observation
Assessment methods
1. Participation in class discussions of the assigned readings
2. Delivering a presentation
3. Writing a final paper
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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