AJ2301 British History, Culture and Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
Thu 17:00–17:50 učebna 30
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
AJ2301/01: Mon 12:00–13:50 učebna 12, L. Podroužková
AJ2301/02: Tue 11:00–12:50 učebna 56, L. Podroužková
AJ2301/03: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 63, L. Podroužková
AJ2301/04: Thu 8:00–9:50 učebna 12, L. Podroužková
AJ2301/05: Wed 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, L. Podroužková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ2102 Practical Language 1B
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
Students are introduced to history, literature and culture of Great Britain from the period of Roman Britain to the half of the 20th Century. The goal is to introduce important authors, literary movements, historical events and cultural context of the given period and analyze their interrelation. Students will understand how literary texts reflect historical events and cultural myths. They will learn to identify cultural values and interpret them with the purpose to enhance respect to otherness. Students will discuss the role of context, gender, race, and ethnicity in history and in forming of literary genres and topics.
Learning outcomes
Student/ka: • je schopen/schopna číst a interpretovat literární texty v angličtině v rovině literární i dobovém kontextu • je schopen/schopna postihnout vzájemnou podmíněnost dějinných událostí a jejich odraz v umění • v průběhu semestru napíše několik krátkých písemných prací, ve kterých reaguje na zadanou seminární četbu a interpretuje ji v daném historickém a kulturním kontextu
Syllabus
  • 1. Britain from the Roman Occupation to Anglo-Saxon Period: the cult of warrior, Alfred the Great, Beowulf 2. The Medieval England and the Ideals of Chivalry: Feudalism and Arthurian Legends 3. From the Middle Ages to Renaissance: Geoffrey Chaucer and the Tudors 4. The World as Stage: English Reformation and Renaissance Theater 5. From Monarchy to Republic and Back: Religious schisms of the 17th Century. John Milton and Paradise Lost 6. Classicism and Enlightenment: Rise of English Novel (Daniel Defoe) 7. Romanticism: The Legacy of the French Revolution and the Revolt against the power of reason (the Lake Poets. Gothic novel) 8. Early Victorian Period and the Rise of Victorian Novel 9. British Imperialism and the Late Victorian Period. Social criticism in Charles Dickens and Robert Luis Stevenson's novels 10. The late 19th and early 20th Century. Literary Modernism 11. World War I and the Retreat of British Empire: the War poets and Virginia Woolf 12. Period between wars and World War II: Orwell's dark vision of the future
Literature
    required literature
  • ALEXANDER, Michael. A history of English literature. 3rd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, xx, 443. ISBN 9780230368316. info
  • EAGLE, Dorothy. The Oxford illustrated literary guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by Hilary Carnell - Meic Stephens. 2nd ed. / edited by Dorothy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, vi, 322 p. ISBN 0-19-212988-025. info
    recommended literature
  • SANDERS, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, vii, 756. ISBN 9780199263387. info
  • The Oxford illustrated history of Britain. Edited by Kenneth O. Morgan. Reissued in new covers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xiv, 646. ISBN 0192893262. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, on-line discussion fora participation
Assessment methods
participate in discussion; read three literary works; write essays on assigned readings
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2542
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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