A2BP_AMLI American Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
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
Mon 8:20–9:40 učebna 57, Mon 9:50–11:10 učebna 58
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
A2BP_AMLI/Friday: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Buchtová
A2BP_AMLI/Monday: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Přibylová
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
Course objectives
Course goals: - explore American literature written in English since the days of the first colonies to the beginning of the 20th century - become familiar with recent academic literature concerning the period - learn to comment on literature via reading journals - get ideas how to use simplified literary texts in your ELT classes
Syllabus
  • Course outline: February 20: Topic: introduction to the course and requirements; colonial literature Reading: An Indian Princess Pocahontas and John Smith; Anne Bradstreet; Mary Rowlandson; the map February 27: Topic: the Age of Reason and Revolution Reading: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, St. Jean de Crevecoeur March 6: Topic: Romanticism I Reading: Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau March 13: Topic: Romanticism II Reading: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Mellville, H. B. Stowe Book review to be submitted (worth 15 points of final grade) March 20: Topic: Realism Reading: The Wonderful Tar Baby, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Henry James March 27: Mid-term test (worth 20 points of final grade) April 3: Topic: Naturalism Reading: Stephen Crane, Jack London, Theodore Dreiser April 10: Topic: Poetry and oral literature Reading: H.W. Longfellow, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, spirituals April 24: Topic: Conclusions and review Reading: your final project books May 4: The last day final projects may be submitted (worth 30 points of final grade) June 12 16 state exams
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements: - Regular attendance and participation in all classes. - Completion of all written work that is to be submitted for grading. The test must be done on the assigned date; for written assignments, the late penalty is 1 point per day to a maximum of 7 days. A medical certificate or equivalent document must be presented if the test is missed or an assignment is handed more than 7 days late. - Reading journal is based on your reading from anthologies (paper or on-line versions, your choise). By Sunday each week, a 15-line entry shall be sent to the instructor, commenting on a text which is related to the last weeks topic but which was not included in your reader. - Participation is based in part on random in-class short writen assignments which will be given out and completed in the course of a single class lecture. - For Book review and Final project see the moodlinka, and/or attend the first class.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
for details and materials see the moodlinka
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2007.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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