FF:AJ54501 Contemporary Anglo-Amer. Lit. - Course Information
AJ54501 Topics in Literature: Contemporary Anglo-American Literature for Children and Youth
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, 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 even Friday 12:30–14:05 G21
- 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
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce and discuss selected topics from contemporary Anglo-American literature for children and young adults. A special interest will be given to recent trends in children's literature, such as the depiction of violence and death, the interest in the macabre, and (post)modern re-tellings of classical stories.
- Assessment methods
- In-class discussion of materials read at home; writing short response papers (one per each class); final essay.
- 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".
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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