AJ2BP_AL19 Americká literatura do konce 19. století

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2008
Rozsah
1/0/0. 1 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Rozvrh
St 10:40–11:25 učebna 30
Předpoklady
AJ2BP_SZKO Souborná zkouška z AJ || AJ2BP_SOZK Souborná zkouška z AJ
Read compulsory books, study from the list of recommended literature, attend regularly, bring books to classes, keep a reader's diary.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
An introduction to American literature in English from its beginning in the 17th century to the early 20th century. The course is organized chronologically, it puts stress on artistic influences of the age of reason, romanticism, realism, and naturalism. It also introduces American oral literature of that period. In the end of the course, students should be able to define individual artistic periods in American literature, speak about their representatives and genres, and explain important features of the period on selected novels.
Osnova
  • Fall 2008:
  • September 24: Introduction; Colonial literature.
  • October 1: The Bible in American literature.
  • October 8: The Age of Reason, the Revolution.
  • October 15: independent work, no class meeting.
  • October 22: Romanticism I.
  • October 29: Romanticism II.
  • November 5: Realism I.
  • November 12: Realism II.
  • November 19: Naturalism.
  • November 26: American poetry.
  • December 3: Oral literature.
  • December 10: African American Literature.
  • December 17: Native Americans in Literature.
Literatura
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu : dějiny americké literatury. Edited by Richard Ruland, Translated by Marcel Arbeit. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 492 s. ISBN 8020405860. info
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm a Richard RULAND. From puritanism to postmodernism : a history of American literature. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1991, 456 s. ISBN 0-14-014435-8. info
  • The Columbia history of the American novel. Edited by Emory Elliott - Cathy N. Davidson. New York: Columbia University, 1991, xviii, 905. ISBN 0-231-07360-7. info
  • An Early American Reader. Washington: US Inf.Agency, 1990, 741 s. info
  • An early American reader. Edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Washington: United States Information Agency, 1988, xxiii, 741. info
  • VANSPANCKEREN, Kathryn. Nástin americké literatury. [Praha]: Informační agentura Spojených států, 137 s. info
Metody hodnocení
- follow lecture notes, key terms, primary and secondary materials on the moodlinka
- read compulsory literature
- keep a reader's diary and bring it to the colloquy
- pass an oral colloqy
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Navazující předměty
Informace učitele
Required reading: Study materials: Van Spanckeren, Kathryn: Outline of American Literature, rev. ed. 2003, see Moodlinka Ruland, R., Bradbury M. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu. Přeložil kolektiv pod vedením M. Arbeita. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997. Available at the study room. Ousby, Ian. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. CUP, various editions. Available at the study room. Primary reading, five volumes: Read one of the two, learn in details about the other one. The choice within the two is yours.: 1) James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans; Herman Melville: Typee. 2) Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom´s Cabin; Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 3) Louisa May Alcott: Little Women; Henry James: Daisy Miller. 4) Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage; Jack London: The Call of the Wild. 5) Emily Dickinson: selected poems; Walt Whitman: selected poems. Primary reading help: An anthology of American literature (Norton, Heath, Jařab, Lemay, etc. available at the study room and in the 5th floor library. Norton is available via the internet as well.)
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