AJ_BOCL Book Club

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Upper intermediate and above level of English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
1. To exercise the student´s reading skills 2. To help develop the student´s level of English 3. To practice the student´s speaking skills through discussions 4. To acquaint the student with contemporary English fiction 5. To bridge the unversity and community life 6. To enhance life-long learning
Syllabus
  • Reading and discussing novels at regular meetings (approx. three per semester) 1. February - novel one 2. March/April - novel two 3. May-June - novel three
Literature
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. The Ambiguous in Contemporary British Prose. In Kathleen Dubs; Janka Kaščáková. Does It Really Mean That? Interpreting the Literary Ambiguous. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011, p. 92-103, 13 pp. ISBN 978-1-4438-2661-7. 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 Subtle Art of Jane Gardam. In Brno Studies in English. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita v Brně, 2001, p. 57-64. S 7 (2001). ISBN 80-210--2553-0. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Jeanette Wintersons Thematics: Sex(uality), Identity, Love, Ecstasy. In 6th Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, 2000, p. 30-34. Prešov part. ISBN 80-8068-014-0. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Britské spisovatelky na konci tisíciletí (British Women Writers at the End of the Millennium). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1999, 206 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, FF, č. 325. ISBN 80-210-2148-9. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Margaret Forster´s Troubled Mothers in the Violent Century. In COELSH-FOISNER, S., G. REISNER and H., eds. WALLINGER. Daughters of Restlessness. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag, C. Winter, 1998, p. 287-296. ISBN 3-8253-0731-X. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Současná britská literatura (Contemporary British Literature). Brno: ITEM 1995, 1995. ISBN 80-85867-72-9. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Human relationships in the novels of Iris Murdoch. Edited by Jan Firbas. 1992, 161 s. info
Teaching methods
independent reading group discussions
Assessment methods
1. Reading tasks 2. Discussion participation
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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