AJ24252 Twentieth Century Anglophone War Fiction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
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)
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 Tuesday 15:50–17:25 G32
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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will look at aspects of British and American fiction which derive their principal creative focus from being situated in a time of war. In this case, the wars in question are the First and Second World Wars. This year's course will look at an English tetralogy By Ford Madox Ford, set during the time of the First World War, an English trilogy set at the time of the Second World War,by Evelyn Waugh both of them essentially contemporary with the wars themselves. In addition a contemporary British trilogy, written by a female author , Pat Barker, on the subject of the First World War and social and sexual issues related to it will complete the course. The aim of the course will be to examine and compare the different approaches to war and wartime society each of these novels take. By the end of the course participants will have discussed and analysed the works in question and produced an essay focusing on specific aspects of issues raised.Materials are available from the library in e-prezencka form.
Syllabus
  • Week 1 30th September: Ford Madox Ford: Parade's End (Tetralogy) (1):Some Do Not;No More Parades Week 2 14th October:Ford Madox Ford: Parade's End (2):A Man Could Stand Up; Last Post Week 3: 11th November: Evelyn Waugh : Sword of Honour Trilogy (1) Men At Arms (2) Officers and Gentlemen (3)Unconditional Surrender Week 4: 25th November: Pat Barker: Regeneration (Trilogy): Regeneration: The Eye in the Door (1) Week 5: 9th December:Pat Barker: The Eye in the Door (2); The Ghost Road
Literature
  • Regeneration
  • FORD, Ford Madox. Parade's end. Edited by Robert Hampson - Andrew Purssell. 1st pub. Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 2013, xxiv, 744. ISBN 9781840227192. info
  • BARKER, Pat. The ghost road. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1996, 277 s. ISBN 0-14-023628-7. info
  • PYNCHON, Thomas. Gravity's rainbow. New York: Penguin Books, 1995, 760 s. ISBN 0140188592. info
  • BARKER, Pat. The eye in the door. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, 280 s. ISBN 0-14-016878-8. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Regeneration. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, 251 s. ISBN 0-14-012308-3. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Men at arms. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 245 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Officers and gentlemen. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 248 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Unconditional surrender. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 239 s. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught through a combination of close reading and discussion and participants will be further required to submit an essay analysing specific elements covered in relation to the course.
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed in terms of oral contribution (40%) and an essay of 6-8 pages (60%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2019.
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