AJ14061 Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story

Faculty of Arts
Spring 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)
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
Wed 14:10–15:45 G23
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 25 student(s).
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Course objectives
This semester's course will focus primarily on a selection of 'long' short stories, or novellas, by writers from the British Isles, focusing this year mainly on writers from the later part of the nineteenth and the earlier part of the twentieth century. The aim will be to explore and compare the formal elements of these fictions and relate them to the experiential areas with which they engage. This will involve a brief exposure to elements of narrative theory at the beginning of the course.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay in which they demonstrate their ability to analyze aspects of the short fiction discussed in terms of relating form to content in the ways covered in the course.During the course students will be expected to discuss ways in which formal elements of the works discussed deviate from traditional norms and the way in which these formal innovations impinge upon the authors' concern with their subject matter.Students will also be expected to gain the skill of going beyond discussing characters as if they were simply depictions of people and the notion of writers depicting a ready-made world by attempting to think of the way in which an author's narrative organizes events and the precise role which character functions might be playing in a given story.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Feb:20th Introductory: aspects of theory of narrative/ German aesthetics Week 2: Feb. 27th:E.T.A. Hoffman: The Sandman:R.L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (S. Freud: The Uncanny) Week 3: March 6th:A.Conan Doyle: The Sign of the Four Week 4: March 13th:T.Hardy: An Imaginative Woman; On the Western Circuit; To Please His Wife Week 5: March 20th:H. James: The Aspern Papers Week 6 March 27th:H.James The Turn of the Screw Week 7: April 4th:H.James: In the Cage (THERE IS A LESSON THIS WEEK) Week 8: April 11th:J. Conrad:Heart of Darkness Week 9:April 18th: J. Joyce: The Sisters;A Painful Case;The Dead Week 10:April 25th:K. Mansfield:Je ne parle pas Francais; The Garden Party; Something Childish But Very Natural Week 11: MAY 1ST: PUBLIC HOLIDAY:NO LESSON Week 12: MAY 8TH: PUBLIC HOLIDAY: NO LESSON Week 13.May 15th:D. H. Lawrence: England My England; The Woman Who Rode Away: The Man Who Loved Islands
Literature
  • Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
  • Wilde, Oscar Complete Short Fiction London Penguin 1994
  • Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
  • Beckett, Samuel More Pricks Than Kicks London John Calder 1993
  • Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
  • In the cage. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 124 p. ISBN 1901843939. info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. Heart of darkness. Edited by Paul O'Prey. London: Penguin Books, 1983, 120 s. ISBN 0-14-018090-7. info
  • MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. Bliss and other stories. London: Constable, 1920, 279 s. info
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading, and ninety minute weekly seminar discussion including group or pairwork.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: Class contribution (40%), essay (5-8 pages) (60%).Please note that the essay is an exam and that you need to register for it.Essays should be submitted in hard copy form.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=719
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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