A2MP_BL20 20th Century British Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
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
This survey course examines the development of British literature throughout the 20th century 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.
Syllabus
  • Edwardian novelists (H. G. Wells)
  • Modernist fiction and poetry (Joyce, Woolf)
  • Inter-war period (Maugham, Auden, Orwell)
  • The Angry decade and after (Osborne, Golding)
  • Welsh and Scottish authors (Thomas, Spark, Morgan)
  • Drama (Pinter)
  • Irish authors (Yeats, Heaney, MacLaverty, OConnor)
  • Poetry and poetic movements (Smith, Raine, Harrison, Zephaniah)
  • The tradition of the campus novel and British humour (Lodge, Dahl)
  • Postmodern innovations and the rise of critical theory (Fowles, Barnes)
  • Women writers (Rhys, Carter)
  • Postcolonial novels and theories (Rushdie, Smith)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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