AJ0318 Book Club

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024

The course is not taught in Spring 2024

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
Prerequisites
Upper intermediate and above level of English
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
1. To exercise the student´s reading skills 2. To help develop the student´s level of English 3. To practice the student´s speaking skills through discussions 4. To acquiant the student with contemporary English fiction 5. To bridge the unversity and community life 6. To enhance life-long learning
Learning outcomes
Student: • bez větších potíží přečte tři autentická literární díla ze současné anglosaské tvorby; • si osvojí čtenářské strategie k extenzivnímu čtení v anglickém jazyce; • je schopen zasvěceně diskutovat o tématech, prostředí a postavách díla, narativních strategiích a literárních stylech v anglickém jazyce; • se orientuje v současné literární produkci, je aktivním čtenářem a návštěvníkem některé z knihoven.
Syllabus
  • Reading and discussing novels at regular meetings (approx. three per semester) 1. February - novel one 2. March/April - novel two 3. May-June - novel three
Literature
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. The Postmodern in Contemporary British Narrative. In Litteraria Humanitas XIV. Problémy poetiky. Editors: Josef Dohnal, Danuše Kšicová, Ivo Pospíšil. Brno: Ústav slavistiky Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, p. 233-237. ISBN 80-210-4179-X. info
  • The contemporary British novel. Edited by James Acheson - Sarah C. E. Ross. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005, iv, 250 p. ISBN 0748618953. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Britské spisovatelky na přelomu tisíciletí (British Women Writers at the Turn of the Millennium). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 347. ISBN 80-210-3290-1. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Britské spisovatelky na konci tisíciletí. Vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 206 stran. ISBN 8021021489. URL info
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm. The modern British novel. London: Penguin Books, 1994, xvi, 515. ISBN 014023098X. info
  • MASSIE, Allan. The novel today : a critical guide to the British novel, 1970-1989. London: Longman, 1990, vi, 97. ISBN 0582004071. info
  • MORRIS, Robert K. Continuance and change : the contemporary British novel sequence. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972, xx, 164. ISBN 0809305445. info
Teaching methods
independent reading group discussions
Assessment methods
1. Reading tasks 2. Discussion participation
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2374
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