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

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
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
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Wed 17:05–18:45 učebna 12
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 till the end of the 19th century. In seminars, the stress is put on an analysis of the text, 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
  • September 19: Topic: consultation week; browse (by subject) the electronic catalogue of The Library of America, www.loa.org September 26: Topic: Introduction; over the map of the USA, the movement of the frontier, Turner's report. October 3: Topic: the myth of Pocahontas, Indian captivity stories (Vanderziel) October 10: Topic: the Bible, the Old and New Testaments in US lit., spirituals and gospels (Vanderziel) October 16: Topic: Visions of America: Davy Crockett, Benjamin Franklin, John St. de Crevecouer, the Declaration of Independence (Vanderziel) October 17: Topic: Transcendentalism: Emerson and Thoreau, Essays, Walden, Civil Disobedience (Kaylor) October 24: Topic: Student presentations: Realism: Mark Twain and American regions(Pospíšil) October 31: Topic: Student presentations: Naturalism: Jack London and Stephen Crane (Pospíšil) November 7: Topic: Student presentations: poetry by W.H. Longfellow and Walt Whitman (Kaylor) November 14: Topic: Student presentations: women in American literature (Horáková) November 21: Topic: Student presentations: autobiographies: Frederick Douglass, Bejamin Franklin, Black Hawk (Vanderziel) November 28: Topic: Student presentations: vlastni tema dle vyberu Martiny Horakove(Horáková) December 5: Topic: African American oral literatue: plantation tales, blues December 12: Topic: American oral and popular literatures: ballads and dime novels December 19: Topic: Short test
Literature
  • VANSPANCKEREN, Kathryn. Nástin americké literatury. [Praha]: Informační agentura Spojených států, 137 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course evaluation and requirements : - be active in classes, read at home - present one theme live (10 minutes), put key words, annotation and bibliography on the moodlinka within a week of your presentation - pass a short test - create a portfolio for your future use in your teaching practice on one of these: 1. Classic American literature in simplified versions (Penguin, Macmillan, Oxford, etc., levels 1-3).2. An American writer and his/her work. 3. A period of art in the USA.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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.
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