AJ_INRE Independent Reading

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Hana Waisserová, 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
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
This seminar is for readers. The student will choose 3 contemporary British novels to read, interpret and discuss with the tutor. There should be at least two meetings throughout the term, arranged individually.
Syllabus
  • Some reading tips: Choose an author that you might be likely to talk about at the state exams or use in your further career. Pick up books that you have not read about. Take notes and keep a reading journal. Assigned authors and their works:
  • Ian McEwan's any novel
  • David Lodge's Small World, Changing Places or Nice Work
  • Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
  • Zadie Smith's White Teeth
  • Kazuo Ishiguro's any novel
  • Hanif Kureishi's Intimacy or The Budha of Suburbia
  • Nick Hornby's High Fidelity
  • Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Julian Barnes's Talking it Over, Flaubert's Parrot or England, England
  • Ian Banks's The Wasp Factory
  • Michel Faber's Under the Skin
  • Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal
  • Baryl Bainbridge's Bottle Factory Outing
Literature
  • British fiction of the 1990s. Edited by Nick Bentley. New York: Routledge. x, 244. ISBN 0415342562. 2005. info
  • Od slavíka k papouškovi :proměny britské prózy. Edited by Martin Hilský - Ladislav Nagy. Vyd. v tomto souboru 1. Brno: Host. 269 s. ISBN 80-7294-075-9. 2002. info
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Současný britský román. [Jinočany]: H & H. 191 s. ISBN 80-85467-00-3. 1992. info
  • http://www.iliteratura.cz/
Teaching methods
analyse and interpret the works, discuss them during the tutorials,
Assessment methods
analyse and interpret the works, discuss them during at leat two tutorials
deliver reading journal
if required sit a colloquy
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1599
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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