AJ18060 Anglophone Caribbean Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
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)
PhDr. Věra Pálenská, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
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
Wed 12:30–14:05 G32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
After completing this course the students will gain a thorough survey of Anglophone Caribbean literature, one of the postcolonial literatures that have been introduced into the university curriculum only recently; they will be able to interpret individual texts from the point of view of a variety of historical, cultural, social, religious and linguistic influences of the past on the contemporary development; they will be able to understand and appreciate narrative styles of Caribbean writers varying from local dialects through the creole languages to the West Indian or English standard; they will be able to examine and compare individual texts (authors) from the point of view of their themes, language, images, symbols or the impact of the former development (slavery, colonialism) on the contemporary scene, and the like.
Syllabus
  • This course offers a survey of Anglophone Caribbean literature in its historical, social and cultural contexts. The early period (1700-1900): the works written predominantly by foreigners; the beginnings of Caribbean literature (1900-1945); the flourishing of Caribbean literature (1945 - the present). The works will be introduced according to the themes typical of and common to leading Caribbean artists (e.g. the theme of childhood, the theme of exile, etc.). The emphasis will be on contemporary novels, short stories and poems.
Literature
  • The Empire Writes Back
  • Frontiers of Caribbean literature in English. Edited by Frank Birbalsingh. London: Macmillan Caribbean, 1996, xxiii, 206. ISBN 0-333-60062-2. info
  • PROCHÁZKA, Martin and Zdeněk STŘÍBRNÝ. Slovník spisovatelů :anglická literatura, africké literatury v angličtině, australská literatura, indická literatura v angličtině, irská literatura, kanadská literatura v angličtině, karibská literatura v angličtině, novozélandská lite. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1996, 756 s. ISBN 80-85983-04-4. info
  • LAMMING, George. The pleasures of exile. Translated by Sandra Pouchet Paquet. 1st ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992, xxvii, 229. ISBN 0-472-09466-1. info
  • TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989, viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
  • The Penguin companion to literature. Edited by David Daiches. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971. ISBN 0-14-051034-6. info
Teaching methods
Students´class participation in examining and interpreting a great variety of texts related to literary, cultural and social development of the Caribbean both at present and in the past.
Assessment methods
Seminar; Assessment: class contribution (10%), a test in credit week (25%), and a comparative final essay 65%). /Hodnocení: účast v seminářích (10%), test v zápočtovém týdnu (25%) a závěrečná komparativní esej (65%).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015.
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