AJL16076 London: Psychogeographies

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2021
Rozsah
0/2/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno online.
Vyučující
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Garance
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Čt 16:00–17:40 G23
Předpoklady
AJL01002 Anglický jazyk II || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/20, pouze zareg.: 0/20, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/20
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 12 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
The course will consider elements of literary fiction situated in London from the seventeenth century to the present day, though with a primary emphasis on the later twentieth century. Analysis of the fiction considered will include perspectives derived from urban history and geography. Writers whose work will be covered on the course will include Daniel Defoe, William Blake, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Michael Moorcock, Peter Ackroyd and Iain Sinclair.
Výstupy z učení
Participants who complete the course should have gained a better understanding of London’s development as a metropolis, imperial centre, and post-imperial global city as well as an insight into its influence on human character and British identity.
Osnova
  • Week 1: March 4th: Introductory Week 2: March 11th:John Stow: A Survey of London (pp. 1-110; 374-422); Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year Week 3: March 18th: William Blake: Songs of Experience Week 4: March 25th:Charles Dickens: Sketches by Boz: Scenes (pp.69-246) Week 5: April 1st: Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (1) Week 6: April 8th: READING WEEK: NO CLASS Week 7: April 15th:Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (2) Week 8: April 22nd:Arthur Machen: The Three Impostors Week 9: April 29th:Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway Week 10:May 6th: Peter Ackroyd: The Great Fire of London Week 11:May 13th: Iain Sinclair: Hawksmoor’s Churches; White Chapell: Scarlet Tracings Week 12:May 20th: Michael Moorcock: Mother London (1) Week 13: May 27th: Michael Moorcock: Mother London (2)
Literatura
  • DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz. Illustrated by G. Cruikshank. London: Hazell, Watson, 783 s. info
  • Machen, Arhtur The Great God Pan and other Stories Oxford Oxford UP 2018
  • Sinclair, Iain White Chappell: Scarlet Tracings London Paladin 1988
  • BLAKE, William. Songs of innocence ; and Songs of experience. New York: Dover Publications, 1992, viii, 52. ISBN 0486270513. info
  • MOORCOCK, Michael. Mother London : a novel. London: Penguin Books, 1989, 496 s. ISBN 0140112995. info
  • ACKROYD, Peter. The great fire of London. London: Sphere Books, 1984, 169 s. ISBN 0-349-10060-8. info
  • DEFOE, Daniel. A journal of the plague year. Edited by David J. Johnson. London: Dent, 1977, xiii, 295. ISBN 0-460-01289-4. info
  • JAMES, Henry. The Princess Casamassima. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977, 526 s. ISBN 0140041028. info
  • STOW, John. A survey of London. Vol. 1. Edited by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908, c, 352 s. info
  • STOW, John. A survey of London. Vol. 2. Edited by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908, 476 s. : i. info
Výukové metody
The course will be taught through a combination of close reading, míní-lectures, and group and class discussion.
Metody hodnocení
The course will be assessed by a combination of oral contribution and attendance (50%) and an essay of 6-8 pages (50%). The essay should be printed double-spaced in size 12 type and submitted to my E-mail address.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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