AJPV_SAL1 American Literature from Beginnings to the End of the 19th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_SAL1/PV: Thu 9:45–11:25 učebna 42, I. Přibylová
Prerequisites
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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
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Course objectives
Course goals: In the seminar, students explore both primary and secondary materials of the American literature from the colonial beginnings to the end of the 19th century. Seminar themes closely follow lecture themes. The focus is put on text analysis, on student presentations, their active involvement in seminars, and home reading. Hopefully, students will learn selected topics in depth and will understand broader connotations.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus fall 2009
  • Lecture 1: Introduction; Colonial literature. Seminar I: the movement of the frontier, the legend of Pocahontas, Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Phylis Wheatley
  • Lecture 2: The Bible in American literature. Seminar 2: The Bible – bring your own copy (in English or in Czech), Christianity in American society; The Age of Reason, the Revolution. Benjamin Franklin, St. John de Crévecoeur; Transcendentalists
  • Lecture 3: Romanticism I. Seminar 3: Cooper, Poe
  • Lecture 4: Romanticism II. Seminar 4: Hawthorne, Melville
  • Lecture 5: Realism I. Seminar 5: Stowe, Twain
  • Lecture 6: Realism II. Seminar 6: Alcott, James
  • Lecture 7: Naturalism. Seminar 7: Crane, London, Dreiser
  • Lecture 8: American poetry. Seminar 8: Freneau, Longfellow, Whitman, Dickinson, Dunbar
  • Lecture 9: Oral literature. Seminar 9: Sacred and secular oral literature, songs and tales
  • Lecture 10: African American Literature. Seminar 10: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, C.D. Chesnutt
  • Lecture 11: Native Americans in Literature. Seminar 11: the Noble Savage/Brutal Savage, autobiographies, Jane Johnson Schoolcraft, Gertrude Bonnin, George Copway
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
  • OUSBY, Ian. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1993. ISBN 0 521440866. info
Teaching methods
Reading, analyzing and discussing selected texts, writing a response.
Assessment methods
Course evaluation and requirements:
- be active in classes, read at home
- submitt short written assignments
- pass a written test
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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