AJ3DC_AAL2 20th century Anglo-American Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0/14. 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
Prerequisites
courses on the development of literature in English up to the 20th century
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 literature of the second half of the 20th century written in English - learn about specific approaches of postmodernism and postcolonialism as reflected in literature - comment on literature via oral and written presentations
Syllabus
  • Course outline: Week 1: Building your class library Week 2: Introduction to postmodern literature (revision) and postcolonial literature (new) Week 3: WOMEN. Presentations on: Susan Sontag, Joyce Carol Oates, Erica Jong, Louise Erdrich, Alice Walker. Week 4: POSTMODERNISM. Presentations on: Donald Barthelme, E.L.Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Paul Auster. Week 5: ETHNICITY. Presentations on: Maxine Hong Kingston, Philip Roth, N. Scott Momaday, Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko. Week 6: POSTCOLONIALISM. Presentations on: Salman Rushdie, Jamaica Kincaid, Michael Ondaatje, David Malouf, John Maxwell Coetzee. Week 7: CONTEMPORARY. Presentations on: Sherman Alexie, Bret Easton Ellis, Dave Eggers, Gish Jen.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements: - regular participation and comments on presentations - oral presentation (10 minutes) - written presentation (4 pages, 7 200 signs; to be submitted by a week after your oral presentation via e-mail; it will be placed on the moodlinka. If you are late with the assignment, you will be given an essay to read and analyze) - lesson plan (1 lesson, secondary school students, focusing on ethnic issues based on a book by a contemporary author writing in English, to be submitted by June 2)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
for literature and details see the moodlinka
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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