FF:AJ14005 British Lit.: 1945 to Present - Course Information

AJ14005 British Literature: 1945 to the Present

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ14005/A: Thu 15:00–16:35 G22, M. Franková
AJ14005/B: Thu 16:40–18:15 G22, M. Franková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ09999 Qualifying Examination

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course aims at an overview of the literary production in prose, poetry and drama of the second half of the twentieth century. This is only possible if we focus on important developments, streams, movements or changes of direction and sample them on some works of just a few out of the many writers active in the period. The seminars will consist of short introductory lectures and discussion of critical essays, short stories and poems. Participants will also be required to read three novels from the period by writers of their choice. Assessment: oral exam and class participation

Syllabus

• British Literature Since 1945 Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Postwar Years Graham Greene The Invisible Japanese Gentleman John Brannigan Small Disturbances Week 3: The Angry Decade Alan Sillitoe The Fishing-boat Picture Arthur Marwick Reactions in the early fifties Week 4: Beyond Realism; the Gothic; Absurd Theatre Muriel Spark The House of the Famous Poet Week 5: The Death of the Novel? The Campus Novel David Lodge Hotel des Boobs David Lodge The Novelist at the Crossroads Week 6: Women Writers and Feminism Fay Weldon Weekend John Brannigan Discourse and subversion Week 7: The Postmodern Age Ian McEwan Psychopolis Kathleen Wheeler Post-Structuralist Theory and Fiction Week 8: The Attractions of Postmodernity Angela Carter Flesh and the Mirror A.S. Byatt A New Body of Writing: Darwin and Recent British Fiction Week 9: Postmodern Representations of the Past Rose Tremain My Wife is a White Russian John Brannigan English elegies; The politics of farewell Week 10: Mythology and Fairy Tales in Fiction and Poetry Ted Hughes Arachne Susan Sellers Myth versus Fairy tale Week 11: Beyond the Isles Julian Barnes One of a Kind Week 12: Towards the Turn of the Millenium Clive Sinclair Bedbugs John Brannigan Millennial Thinking

Literature

• CARTER, Ronald and John MCRAE. The Routledge history of literature in English: Britain and Ireland. Edited by Malcolm Bradbury. London: Routledge, 1997, xix, 592. ISBN 0415123437. info
• The Norton anthology of English literature. Edited by M. H. Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986, xlvi, 2578. ISBN 0393954722. info
• STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, s. 421-837. info
• HILSKÝ, Martin. Současný britský román. [Jinočany]: H & H, 1992, 191 s. ISBN 80-85467-00-3. info
• MASSIE, Allan. The novel today : a critical guide to the British novel, 1970-1989. London: Longman, 1990, vi, 97. ISBN 0582004071. 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. Britské spisovatelky na přelomu tisíciletí (British Women Writers at the Turn of the Millennium). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 347. ISBN 80-210-3290-1. info
• The novel today :contemporary writers on modern fiction. Edited by Malcolm Bradbury. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1977, 256 s. ISBN 0-7190-0677-5. info
• SELDEN, Raman. A reader's guide to contemporary literary theory [27818]. Hertfordshire: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989. ISBN 0-7450-0602-7. info
• WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Theory of literature. 3rd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1963, 374 s. ISBN 0-14-055028-3. info
• EAGLETON, Terry. Literary theory :an introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983, viii, 244. ISBN 0-631-13259-7. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Assessment: oral examination and class participation

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=4

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