AJ24095 Katherine Mansfield and the Modernist Short Story

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Janka Kaščáková, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 15:50–17:25 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
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Course objectives
This course aims at introducing and discussing Katherine Mansfield’s writings, focusing on the way in which they shaped the modernist short story. At the end of this course students should be able to form a clear idea of the importance of the short story in the development of modernism, understand the highly experimental nature of Katherine Mansfield’s stories and their influence over the writings of other modernists. The course will further enhance the students' skills of critical thinking and literary analysis. Students will employ and apply the acquired knowledge and skills of analysis and interpretation in writing their end-of-term essay.
Syllabus
  • Introduction: Mansfield and the modernist short story
  • Mansfield in The New Age and Rhythm – the importance of small magazines for the development of Modernism
  • Mansfield and the “Bloomsberries” – KM, Virginia Woolf and other prominent literary figures
  • Mansfield the innovator: “two kick-offs in the writing game”
  • New Zealand vs. European stories: “Prelude”, “At the Bay”
  • Mansfield the observer: “Je ne parle pas Français”
  • The (Post-)colonial Mansfield: “How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped”
  • Mansfield and Science: Freudian readings of Mansfield’s stories: “Bliss”, “Daughters of the Late Colonel”
  • Mansfield and humour: “Daughters of the Late Colonel”
  • The Great War: “The Garden Party”
  • Mansfield’s characters: “Miss Brill”, “Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding”
Literature
  • JONES, Kathleen. Katherine Mansfield: The Story-Teller. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
  • MEYERS, Jeffrey. Katherine Mansfield: A Darker View. Cooper Square Publishers, 2002.
  • SMITH, Angela. Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf, A Public of Two. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999.
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. Selected Stories. SMITH, Angela (ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • SMITH, Angela. Katherine Mansfield: A Literary Life. Palgrave, 2000.
  • KAPLAN, Sydney Janet. Circulating Genius: John Middleton Murry, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
  • KAPLAN, Sydney Janet. Katherine Mansfield and the Origins of Modernist Fiction. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1991.
Teaching methods
Analyses of short stories based on previous readings of primary and secondary texts, group discussion, homework
Assessment methods
The students will be expected to prepare for every class by reading assigned short stories for each week and selected secondary literature. The final assessment will consist of an end-of-term essay of approximately 3000 words on a topic chosen by the student and approved by teacher.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
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