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Course Information

AJ3DC_POST New Literatures

Faculty of Education
spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0/12. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature - Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of English Language and Literature - Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ3DC_POST/OS01 Fri 17. 2. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 2. 3. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 23. 3. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 13. 4. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 27. 4. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 11. 5. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, I. Přibylová
AJ3DC_POST/OS02 Fri 24. 2. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 16. 3. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 30. 3. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 20. 4. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 4. 5. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, Fri 18. 5. 14:30–15:10 učebna 6, I. Přibylová

Prerequisites

Master studies in English literature.
AJ3DC_POLI Populární literatura.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Study to Extending Teaching Qualification (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature)

Course objectives

The course provides a basic insight to selected contemporary trends in literatures in English, reflecting the break of literary canons at the end of the 20th century.Supported by uptodate primary and secondary reading texts, students are encouraged to explore one field in depth. The course is supplemented by AJ3DC_SBAL, Advanced Literary Seminar.

Syllabus

• Areas:
• 1. New directions in literatures in English. Resources, requirements.
• 2. Post-colonial literatures (Australia and South Africa).
• 3. Urban space and literature.
• 4. Contemporary regional voices (Scotland).
• 5. Young adult literature.
• 6. Graphic novels.

Literature

recommended literature
• TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989. viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
• LEHAN, Richard Daniel. The city in literature :an intellectual and cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xvi, 330 p. ISBN 0-520-21256-8. info
• A concise companion to contemporary British fiction. Edited by James F. English. Malden: Blackwell, 2006. xi, 281 s. ISBN 9781405120012. info
• Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms :contexts for the literary lives of teens. Edited by Janet Alsup. London: Routledge, 2010. ix, 225 s. ISBN 9780415876995. info

Teaching methods

minilectures, presentations

Assessment methods

Final discussion over a file focused on a selected field in contemporay literature (response paper, academic support, media coverage).

Language in which the course is taught

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ3DC_SBAL Advanced Literary Seminar

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

See the instructor for details.

Selected chapters from secondary sources are available on the moodlinka.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, spring 2010, spring 2011, spring 2013, spring 2014.

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