A2MP_SOBR Contemporary British literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2MP_SOBR/01: Mon 10:15–11:55 B48 učebna, V. Eliášová
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
Abstract
This course examines the development of British literature since 1945 on the background of historical, social and cultural events. In the seminars we will explore major writers and literary movements of the period as well as recurrent themes and motifs in the assigned readings. At the end of the course students will be able to identify major figures of British literature of the 20th century, make their own connections between the assigned reading and also question and actively interpret them as well as create their own critical evaulation.
Key topics
  • Male Writers since the 1960s (Fowles, Barnes, McEwen, Lodge, M. Amis, Golding, Pinter, Stoppard)
  • Female Writers since the 1960s (Winterson, Carter, Churchill, Lessing, Spark, Drabble, Murdoch)
  • Irish, Welsh and Scottish Literature (Welsh, Gray, MacLaverty, Doyle)
  • New Ethnic Literatures (Kureishi, Zephaniah, Gunesekera, Smith, Rushdie, Mo, Ishiguro)
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • SANDERS, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, vii, 756. ISBN 9780199263387. info
    not specified
  • The Longman anthology of British literature. Edited by David Damrosch - Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Jennifer Wicke. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2002, xxiii, s. ISBN 032110580X. info
  • MEISEL, Perry. The myth of the modern :a study in British literature and criticism after 1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987, x, 263 s. ISBN 0-300-03946-8. info
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
  • MANLY, John Matthews; Fred Benjamin MILLETT and Edith RICKERT. Contemporary British literature : a critical survey and 232 author-bibliographies. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. / base. London: Harcourt, Brace, 1935, xi, 556 p. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Class discussions on assigned readings, individual and group presentations, homework that entails reading and writing response papers. Final Paper.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
-attendance is strongly recommended
-active participation in class discussion on readings
final paper (students must submit a paper for each class)
group or individual oral presentation (students must present once)
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1579
Home reading will be assigned at the beginning of the course and posted regularly online. The major background text will be The short Oxford history of English literature. Edited by Andrew Sanders. 3rd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. vii, 756 s. ISBN 0-19-926338-8. This text will be available via moodlinka. Enrolment key to moodlinka and syllabus will be available in the first session.
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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