AJc304 New Literatures 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJc304/01: Fri 5. 10. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, Fri 19. 10. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, Fri 2. 11. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, Fri 16. 11. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, Fri 30. 11. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, Fri 14. 12. 15:00–16:50 učebna 58, L. Podroužková
Prerequisites
C1 level of English and advanced reading reading skills
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
The course deals with contemporary British and postcolonial literature in the context of current political, cultural and social events in the Anglo-Saxon world and with application into the teaching practice. The seminar develops the student both on a personal and professional level via critical reading and thinking and through hands-on work with texts. The subject demonstrates ways in which art reflects the contemporary world, the potential of reading in developing learning competencies and methods which can be applied in teaching. The ultimate objective of the class is to educate future teachers and cultivate their attitude to reading as well as exercise their critical thinking and reading strategies. It seeks to acquaint students with some selected works by contemporary authors generated from English-speaking countries using topics relevant for secondary school age. The course places a heavy emphasis on day-to-day work, which means reading assigned texts, whether it be extracts for class work or independent extensive reading. You are encouraged to participate in class activities and discussions. The class aims to set a model of modern teaching; therefore, try to follow the content as well as methods employed.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the students will: a) have become acquainted with contemporary trends and events in Anglo-Saxon literature, culture and society; b) will have read, analysed and discussed a number of texts by contemporary authors; c) will have engaged in a number of class activities demonstrating the use of literature in the classroom; d) will have read two contemporary novels in English; e) will have practised their English in pair, group and class discussions and activities.
Syllabus
  • Tematické okruhy: 1. Literatura ve škole a mimo školu: problematika čtenářské gramotnosti a revize klíčových kompetencí z hlediska využití literatury ve výuce. Lloyd Jones. 2. Británie po Brexitu: autonomie versus kooperace. Janice Gallowayová, Monica Ali. 3. „Během vyučování nedýchat“: Role učitele a proti-autoritářská poezie Michaela Rosena. 4. Literatura jako nástroj tolerance: regionální a globální identita, internacionalizace, transnacionální a mezikulturní jevy v prózách Kiran Desaiové, Anity Desaiové a Arundhati Royové. 5. Outsiderství a marginalizace: Liz Lochheadová a Jane Gardamová. 6. Kultura a konzum: současné britské drama. Mark Ravenhill. 7. Populární kultura a její křižovatky: současný britský grafický román. 8. Příběh a učení. Minulost jako průsečík fikce a faktu: Sarah Watersová, Ian McEwan. 9. Minulost jako inspirace: John Fowles, J. K. Rowlingová. 10. Genderová problematika ve třídě i mimo ni. J. Wintersonová, Angela Carterová, Alice Munro, A. S. Byattová. 11. Žák a mobil: role technologie v současné britské literatuře: Patrick Marber, Hetty Hughes. 12. „Přišel k nám nový žák“. Otázky integrace a inkluze: Benjamin Zephaniah.
Literature
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Women Novelists's Essays for the Twenty-first Century. In Flothow, Dorothea; Oppolzer, Markus; Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine (eds.). The Essay : Forms and Transformations. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag WINTER Heidelberg, 2017, p. 277-286. Wissenschaft und Kunst, Band 32. ISBN 978-3-8253-6687-2. info
  • CHALUPSKÝ, Petr. A horror and a beauty: the world of Peter Ackroyd's London novels. First English edition. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2016, 301 stran. ISBN 9788024631615. URL info
  • Contemporary British drama. Edited by David Lane. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010, xxi, 218 p. ISBN 9780748643240. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. An Icon and a Burden: The Postmodern Obsession with the Body in British Fiction. In The Human Body in Contemporary Literatures in English, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Marta Fernández Morales (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009, 10 pp. SEL & C 5. ISBN 978-3-631-57269-6. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. The Magic Sound of the Magic Flute in Barbara Trapido's Temples of Delight. In Mozart in Anglophone Cultures, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Dorothea Flothow, Wolfgang Görtschacher (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009, p. 51-57. ISBN 978-3-631-56256-7. info
  • CHALUPSKÝ, Petr. The postmodern city of dreadful night : the image of the city in the works of Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009, 135 stran. ISBN 9783639144468. info
  • Britská čítanka : Gutenbergova čítanka moderní britské literatury : anglicko-české vydání. Edited by Petr Matoušek, Illustrated by Vojtěch Domlátil. Vyd. 3., dopl. a aktualiz. Praha: Gutenberg, 2008, 319 s. ISBN 9788086349381. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Growing Up in Jane Gardam's Novels. In Literary Childhoods. Growing Up in British and American Literature. Šárka Bubíková et al. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart / Univerzita Pardubice, 2008, p. 41-50. TAHY 2. ISBN 978-80-7395-091-0. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Sarah Water's Monument to Women of World War II. American and British Studies Annual. Univerzita Pardubice, 2008, vol. 1, No 1, p. 66-72. ISSN 1803-6058. info
  • 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
class activities, readings, discussions and projects; independent reading and online tasks
Assessment methods
CONTINUOUS AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1. Regular class work and independent study. 2. Active participation in class. 3. Regular worksheet completion and submission. You must have at least 7 worksheets completed. 4. Two novels (or other - see final exam instructions) read. For each class, there will be readings and pre-reading, while-reading and after-reading tasks. You are asked to bring all relevant materials for the class in PRINTED FORM. Please do NOT work with laptops or mobile phones in class unless requested by the teacher. Come prepared. The more we do in class, the less work you will have at home. Worksheets should be completed regularly and brought to class where they will be discussed, peer-assessed or collected by the teacher. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1. Worksheet collection. 2. Novels (see above). There will be a short interview looking at your work throughout the semester and discussing the two books you have read. I will be looking at your worksheets and selecting random samples for discussion and assessment. I will be asking about your reading experience both from the class and the books you selected for reading.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2655
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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