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

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). 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
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 14:10–15:45 G32
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 short fiction produced by five major writers working in the first part of the twentieth century: Thomas Hardy, Henry James, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, and D.H.Lawrence. The aim of the course will be to consider how the concerns of these, chronologically proximate, writers converge and diverge, both intratextually and intertextually. By the end of the course, in addition to discussing relevant elements of the stories in class, participants 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: Oct 4th: Introductory Seminar 2: Oct: 18th:Thomas Hardy: The Son's Veto; An Imaginative Woman: On the Western Circuit; To Please His Wife: The Fiddler of the Reels: For Conscience Sake Seminar 3: Nov.15th:Henry James: The Aspern Papers; In the Cage Seminar 4: Nov.29th:James Joyce:Sisters;Araby; Eveline; A Painful Case; Grace; The Dead Seminar 5: Dec. 13th:Katherine Mansfield: Prelude; Je Ne Parle Pas Francais; Bliss; The Man Without A Temperament; The Garden Party; The Daughters of the Late Colonel:D.H. Lawrence: The Blind Man; England, My England;The Captain's Doll
Literature
  • WOOLF, Virginia. Jacob's room. Edited by Lawrence Norfolk - Elisabeth Bronfen. London: Vintage, 2004, xviii, 173. ISBN 0099478269. info
  • In the cage. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 124 p. ISBN 1901843939. info
  • The Aspern papers. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 122 p. ISBN 184327082X. info
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. The doll's house and other stories. Edited by Ann Ward. Harlow: Penguin Books, 1999, v, 55. ISBN 0582418119. info
  • JOYCE, James. Dubliners. Edited by Terence Brown. London: Penguin Books, 1992, 316 s. ISBN 0-14-018554-2. info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. To the lighthouse. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 236 s. info
  • LAWRENCE, David Herbert. England, my England. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1960, 189 s. ISBN 0-14-001482-9. info
  • LAWRENCE, D. H. Love among the haystacks and other stories. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1960, 172 s. info
  • MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. The garden party and other stories [Mansfield, 1928, Constable]. London: Constable, 1928, 276 s. info
  • MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. Bliss and other stories. London: Constable, 1920, 279 s. info
  • HARDY, Thomas. Life's little ironies : a set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A few crusted characters. Pocket ed. London: Macmillan, 1907, 301 s. 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.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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