AJL24104 Aspects of Later Nineteenth and Earlier Twentieth Century British and Central European Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Stephen Paul Hardy, 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
Tue 14:00–15:40 G33, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 15/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will consider elements of later nineteenth and earlier twentieth century British and Germanophone Central European literature with the aim of providing a thorough consideration of the social, political, and cultural developments and perspectives occuring in this period in both parts of Europe. Writers whose work is considered on this course include: Theodore Fontane,Ford Madox Ford, Graham Greene,James Joyce, Franz Kafka,D.H.Lawrence,Thomas Mann, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Musil, Dorothy Richardson and Joseph Roth.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the course will have gained a better understanding of the formal appraoches, artistic perspectives, cultural politics specific issues and inter-relations between those aspects of British and Central European literature considered in the period covered.
Syllabus
Week 0: Sept 9th: INDUCTION WEEK: NO TEACHING Week 1: Sept 16th:Introductory Week 2: Sept 23rd: Katherine Mansfield:In A German Pension. Dorothy Richardson :Pointed Roofs. Week 3: Sept 30th: Theodor Fontane:Effie Briest (in English translation) Week 4: Oct 7th: Joseph Conrad: Under Western Eyes Week 5: Oct 14th: Thomas Mann:Buddenbrooks, Death in Venice(in English translation) Week 6: Oct 21st: Ford Madox Ford:The Good Soldier Week 7: Oct 28th: NATIONAL HOLIDAY: NO LESSON Week 8: Nov. 4th: Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities (in English translation) Week 9: Nov. 11th: D.H.Lawrence:Women in Love, The Ladybird, The Captain's Doll Week 10:Nov. 18th: James Joyce: Ulysses: Circe,Penelope;Samuel Beckett:Dante and the Lobster Week 11:Nov 25th:Joseph Roth: The Emperor's Tomb, Hotel Savoy (in English translation) Week 12: Dec 2nd:Graham Greene:Stamboul Train; The Third Man (script & film) Week 13: Dec 9th: Franz Kafka:The Trial, Investigations of a Dog, The Burrow, Josephine The Mouse Singer (in English translation)
Literature
  • James Joyce Ulysses. Edited by Vincent B. Sherry. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xii, 125 p. ISBN 0521539765. info
  • LAWRENCE, D. H. Women in love. London: Penguin Books, 1996, 542 s. ISBN 014062161X. info
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. In a German pension. Edited by John Middleton Murry. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 116 stran. ISBN 0140021817. info
  • GREENE, Graham. Stamboul train : an entertainment. London: William Heinemann, 1947, 264 s. info
  • FORD, Ford Madox. The good soldier :a tale of passion. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946, 228 s. ISBN 0-14-000536-6. info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. Under western eyes. New York: Doubleday, Doran and company, 1938, 382 s. info
Teaching methods
Teaching will take the form of close reading, míní-group and full class discussion.
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by attendance oral contribution (55%), and an essay of 7-10 pages (45%). Essays should be submitted to my e-mail address in the IS (33697@muni.cz) and nowhere else. If you have not received a grade after 3 days please let me know.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2024.
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