AJ2RC_AML1 American Literature to 1945

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
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: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
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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
Course goals: To provide an introduction to the development of the American literature from its beginnigs to 1945, explaining artistic periods, literary movements, focusing on writers and their works, developing the reading and narrative skills of students, and their general knowledge of literature. The texts used in classes will represent the most important literary themes and forms arranged chronologically.
Syllabus
  • Course outline: Week 1 Introduction, requirements, general development of the American literature Week 2 Colonial literature,the Age of Reason and Revolution (Benjamin Franklin) Week 3 Romanticismus, an early stage (Washington Irwing, J.F. Cooper), transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau) Week 4 Romanticism (Poe, Melville, Hawthorne); test I Week 5 Romantic poetry (Longfellow, Whitman, Dickinson) Week 6 Realism (Mark Twain, H.B. Stowe, F. Douglass) Week 7 Naturalism (Crane, London, Dreiser) Week 8 Modernism: poetry, Test II Week 9 Modernism, top artists(Faulkner, the Lost Generation) Week 10 Modernism: the Harlem Renaissance Week 11 Modernism: Depression years Week 12: Modernism: popular literature, Test III
Literature
  • VANSPANCKEREN, Kathryn. Nástin americké literatury. [Praha]: Informační agentura Spojených států, 137 s. info
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu : dějiny americké literatury. Edited by Richard Ruland, Translated by Marcel Arbeit. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 492 s. ISBN 8020405860. info
  • LAWRENCE, David Herbert. Studie z klasické americké literatury. Translated by Sylva Ficová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1997, 232 s. ISBN 80-86055-18-3. info
  • Od Poea k postmodernismu :proměny americké prózy. Edited by Jan Zelenka - Martin Hilský. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: H & H, 1993, 516 p. ;. ISBN 80-85787-20-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course evaluation and requirements: - active attendance, three short tests, reading journal (instructions will be given in classes) - final paper (instructions will be provided in classes)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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