AJ2RC_AML1 American Literature to 1945

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 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
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Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course goals: To provide an introduction to the development of the American literature from its beginnigs to 1945, explaining artistic periods, literary movements, focusing on writers and their works, developing the reading and narrative skills of students, and their general knowledge of literature. The texts used in classes will represent the most important literary themes and forms arranged chronologically.
Syllabus
  • Course outline: September 21, topic: introduction, requirements, general development of the American literature September 28, no classes October 5, topic: Colonial literature (Vanderziel) October 12, topic: the Age of Reason and Revolution (Benjamin Franklin) (Vanderziel) October 19, topic: Romanticismus, an early stage (Washington Irwing, J.F. Cooper) (Horáková) October 26, topic: Romanticism, transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau) (Kaylor) November 2, topic: Romanticism (Poe, Melville, Hawthorne); test I (Kaylor) November 9, topic: Romantic poetry (Longfellow, Whitman, Dickinson) (Kaylor) November 11, topic: Realism (Mark Twain, H.B. Stowe, F. Douglass) (Horáková) November 23, topic: Naturalism (Crane, London, Dreiser) (Horáková) November 30, topic: Women (Cather, Chopin); test II (Prajznerová) December 7, topic: Modernism (Faulkner, the Lost Generation) December 14, topic: Modernism: the Harlem Renaissance, Depression years December 21, topic: no classes
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
  • LAWRENCE, David Herbert. Studie z klasické americké literatury. Translated by Sylva Ficová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1997, 232 s. ISBN 80-86055-18-3. info
  • Od Poea k postmodernismu :proměny americké prózy. Edited by Jan Zelenka - Martin Hilský. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: H & H, 1993, 516 p. ;. ISBN 80-85787-20-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course evaluation and requirements: - active attendance, two short tests, reading journal (instructions will be given in classes) - the colloquy in the form of a test in the exam period; the date will be negotiated in December
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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