AJL14001 English Literature of the Renaissance

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Filip Krajník, 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 of Seminar Groups
AJL14001/01: Thu 12:00–13:40 G24, F. Krajník
AJL14001/02: Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.51, F. Krajník
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJL01002 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as an introduction to the literature and culture of the Elizabethan Age. Special attention is given to the development of specific genres (the sonnet, prose fiction, vernacular literary criticism, and popular drama: tragedy, comedy, history play and tragicomedy). The authors studied include, among others: Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Edmund Spenser, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and John Donne.
Attendence at classes is compulsory! The maximum number of allowed absences is two (2).
Learning outcomes
Students will get familiar with the Renaissance period and culture, both in Europe generally and in England. Students get will be introduced to a wide variety of genres and forms that were written in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. They will later be able to apply this knowledge on other authors and periods. Students will better understand the development of English literature and will receive a more robust context for understanding English literature written from the 17th century onward. Students will improve their critical and analytical skills.
Syllabus
  • The course is conceived as an introduction to the literature and culture of the Elizabethan Age. Special attention is given to the development of specific genres (the sonnet, prose fiction, vernacular literary criticism, and popular drama: tragedy, comedy, history play and tragicomedy). The authors studied include, among others: Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Edmund Spenser, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, William Shakespeare, Philip Massinger, and John Donne.
Literature
    required literature
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Vol. 1 [Abrams, 1986]. Edited by M. H. (Meyer Howard) Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Comp., 1986, xxxvii, 26. ISBN 0-393-95469-2. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Sonnets [Shakespeare, 1918]. Edited by C. Knox Pooler. London: Methuen, 1918, xl, 161 s. info
  • MARLOWE, Christopher. Doctor Faustus (Obsaž.) : The complete plays [Marlowe, 1969]. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. The complete works. Edited by Gary Taylor - Stanley Wells. Compact ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988, xlix, 1274. ISBN 0198182848. info
    recommended literature
  • A new history of early English drama. Edited by John D. Cox - David Scott Kastan, Edited by Stephen Jay Greenblatt. New York: Columbia University Press, xiv, 565 s. ISBN 0-231-10242-9. info
  • HOLINSHED, Raphael. Holinshed's chronicle : as used in Shakespeare's plays. Edited by Josephine Nicoll - Allardyce Nicoll. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927, xii, 233. info
  • PARFITT, George A. E. English poetry of the seventeenth century. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1992, xiii, 288. ISBN 0-582-08437-710. info
  • LEWIS, C. S. English literature in the sixteenth century : excluding drama. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954, vi, 696. info
  • WALLER, Gary F. English poetry of the sixteenth century. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman Group, 1993, 317 s. ISBN 0582090962. info
  • KRAJNÍK, Filip and Aneta MITRENGOVÁ. Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in Three Czech Translations. In Jitka Zehnalová a kol. Interchange between Languages and Cultures : The Quest for Quality. Olomouc: Palacký University Olomouc, 2016, p. 151-176. ISBN 978-80-244-5107-7. Kompletní elektronická verze sborníku. info
  • KRAJNÍK, Filip. „Nejstarší nejvíc nes’“ : Stáří Shakespearova krále Leara v českých obrozeneckých překladech (“The oldest hath borne most” : The Old Age of Shakespeare’s King Lear in Czech Translations from the 18th and 19th Centuries). Slavica Wratislaviensia. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 2016, CLXIII, No 1, p. 449-462. ISSN 0137-1150. info
  • KRAJNÍK, Filip. "V svém loži mrtev" : spící oběti a váhaví vrazi v alzbětinských historiích ("Dead in his bed" : Sleeping Victims and Hesitant Murderers in Elizabethan Histories). Divadelní revue. Praha: Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2016, vol. 27, No 1, p. 7-23. ISSN 0862-5409. info
    not specified
  • Elizabethan-Jacobean drama : the theatre in its time. Edited by G. Blakemore (Gwynne Blakemore) Evans. New York: New Amsterdam, 1988, x, 388 p.,. ISBN 0-941533-13-1. info
Teaching methods
Weekly 2 hour seminar, thorough homework.
Assessment methods
Assessment: class participation, credit test, and an oral exam (ca. 30-40 min).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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