FF:AJ14063 Virginia Woolf - Course Information
AJ14063 Virginia Woolf: Woman, Writer
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2008
- 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)
- Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek - Timetable
- Tue 18:20–19:55 G32
- 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course will consider most of the major novels by Virginia Woolf, with a pedagogical emphasis on the vitalist elements in Woolf's approach and their possible significance.The predominantly literary content of the course will be supplemented by a film element looking at aspects of 'woman' constituted in the male gaze; this will principally include a concurrent showing and discussion of 'Vertigo' and 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
- Syllabus
- Week 1:Sept.16th: Orientation Week: no lesson Week 2:Sept.23rd: Introductory Week 3:Sept.30th: Jacob's Room (1) Week 4:Oct.7th: Jacob's Room (2) Week 5:Oct.14th: Mrs Dalloway (1) Week 6:Oct.21st: Mrs Dallloway (2) Week 7:Oct.28th: National Holiday: no lesson Week 8:Nov.4th: To The Lighthouse(1) Week 9:Nov.11th: To the Lighthouse(2) Week 10:Nov.21st:READING WEEK: NO LESSON Week 11:Nov.25th: Orlando (1)/ A Room of One's Own Week 12:Dec.2nd: Orlando(2)/Three Guineas Week 13:Dec.9nd: The Waves (1) Week 14:Dec.16th: The Waves (2)
- Literature
- To the light house (Přít.) : Jacob's room ; Mrs Dalloway ; To the light house ; The waves. info
- DUSINBERRE, Juliet. Virginia Woolf's renaissance :woman reader or common reader? Houndmills: Macmillan Press, 1997, xiii, 281. ISBN 0-333-68104-5. info
- WOOLF, Virginia. The diary of Virginia Woolf. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981, xii, 371 s. ISBN 0-14-005283-6. info
- WOOLF, Virginia. The diary of Virginia Woolf. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, xxviii, 35. ISBN 0-14-005282-8. info
- BELL, Quentin. Virginia Woolf :a biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1972, 300 s. ISBN 0-7012-0371-4. info
- MARDER, Herbert. Feminism & art : a study of Virginia Woolf. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968, ix, 190. info
- MOODY, Anthony David. Virginia Woolf. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1963, 119 s. info
- WOOLF, Virginia. The years : a novel. London: Pan Books, 1948, 327 s. info
- WOOLF, Virginia. A room of one's own. New ed. London: Hogarth Press, 1931, 172 s. info
- Assessment methods
- Assessment will be by essay (5-8 pages; to be submitted according to the exam date (50%),1 response paper of 500-800 words(20%; to be submitted before the end of the TEACHING semester), and oral assessment (30%). Those taking the course for credit only need to meet one of the written requirements.Teaching will take the form of class discussion.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught only once.
- Teacher's information
- http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=863
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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