AJ2BK_BRLI British literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
AJ2BK_BRLI/OS01: Fri 24. 2. 12:05–13:45 B410 učebna, Fri 3. 3. 12:05–13:45 B410 učebna, Fri 10. 3. 12:05–13:45 B410 učebna, Fri 17. 3. 12:05–13:45 B410 učebna, Fri 24. 3. 12:05–13:45 B410 učebna, J. Šalamoun
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
The course surveys the British literature from the beginning of the 20th century till the 1950s. We will pay attention to its spirit of ambivalence, contradiction, and deep conflict, especially with respect to such vexed topics as gender and sexuality, empire and nationalism, war and revolution, production and consumption, and political power. Our particular angle for addressing these large issues will be the representation of past, present, and future in a range of literary works. Major authors include Conrad, Forster, Woolf, Joyce, T.S.Eliot, Orwell, Waugh, Green, Beckett, Pinter, Osborn, and Amis.
Key topics
1. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, E.M. Forster: Passage to India Introduction to Modernism 2. Modernists: T.S. Eliot: The Wasteland. James Joyce: Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway. The Bloomsbury Group 3. Humanistic tradition: Evelyn Waugh: Decline and Fall, Graham Green: The Quiet American 4. George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm 5. Theatre of the Absurd. Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Harold Pinter 6. Angry Young Men. John Osborn: Look Back in Anger, Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
    recommended literature
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Modernisté :Eliot, Joyce, Woolfová, Lawrence. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 269 s. ISBN 80-85639-40-8. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Students are to read/get familiar with at least two novels and two parts of Eliot’s Wasteland. They will apply interpretative technique; students will be trained in techniques of close reading and textual explication
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
written test, colloquy
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1518
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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