AJ54011 Topics in Literature: Aspects of Comparison in the Twentieth Century British Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
each even Friday 12:30–14:05 G31
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
This year's course will focus on a comparative analysis of works of major produced by five different writers in the first part of the twentieth century: Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, John Cowper Powys and Virginia Woolf. The aim of the course will be to consider how the concerns of these, chronologically proximate, writers converge and diverge. By the end of the course will have produced an essay demonstrating their ability to provide a contrastive analysis of two or more of the works covered on the course.
Syllabus
  • Seminar 1: 7.10. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness; Nostromo Seminar 2: 21.10. D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love Seminar 3: 4.11. James Joyce: Ulysses Seminar 4: 2.12. Virginia Woolf: Jacob's Room; Mrs Dalloway; To the Lighthouse Seminar 5: 16.12. John Cowper Powys: Wolf Solent
Literature
  • WOOLF, Virginia. Jacob's room. Online. Edited by Lawrence Norfolk - Elisabeth Bronfen. London: Vintage, 2004. xviii, 173. ISBN 0099478269. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs Dalloway. Online. London: Penguin Books, 1996. 213 s. ISBN 0140622217. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • LAWRENCE, D. H. Women in love. Online. London: Penguin Books, 1996. 542 s. ISBN 014062161X. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Online. Edited by Declan Kiberd. Annotated student's ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992. lxxxviii,. ISBN 0-14-018559-3. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. Heart of darkness : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism. Online. Edited by Robert Kimbrough. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1971. xii, 267. ISBN 0393097730. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. To the lighthouse. Online. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. 236 s. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. Nostromo : a tale of the seaboard. Online. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963. 462 s. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
  • POWYS, John Cowper. Wolf solent. Online. New and cheaper ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. 643 s. [citováno 2024-04-24] info
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading, group work and class discussion in the form of five ninety minute seminars.Attendance at all seminars is required.
Assessment methods
Assesment for the course will take the form of one essay of 8-12 pages comparing aspects of either two or three of the works covered in a given seminar (60%) and oral participation/attendance (40%).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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