PdF:AJ3BP_NALI Modern English Literature

AJ3BP_NALI Modern English Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2004

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ3BP_NALI/01: Mon 11:05–12:45 učebna 54
AJ3BP_NALI/02: Thu 10:15–11:50 učebna 59

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus (in Czech)

BRITISH LITERATURE II: the 19th century Winter term 2004 Mgr. Lucie Podrouková Week One The outline of the course and the work required. Preromanticism: Robert Burns. Week Two Preromanticism continued: William Blake: nature and spirit. Week Three Romaticism proper: William Wordsworth, Week Four Romantic concept of poetry and the second generation: Percy Byshe Shelley: nature and history. Lord Byron, John Keats Week Five The Rise of the novel: Jane Austen: women in society. Week Six From Romanticism to Realism: Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë: Noble Savages, social outcasts. Week Seven Women and education: Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot. Week Eight Unforgettable characters and social criticism: Charles Dickens. Week Nine New Romanticism and dark hearts: Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad. Naturalism and fate: Thomas Hardy Week Ten Art for arts sake or not quite: Oscar Wilde. Week Eleven Language and society: G.B. Shaw. Week Twelve Closing of the Victorian era: John Galsworthy. Conclusion and evaluation.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.