AJ24100 Aspects of 19th and 20th Century British Fiction

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 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
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, 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
Wed 18:00–19:40 G25
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This semester's course will focus on a nuber of works which, while canonical classics, are not always included in introductory course, either because of their relative length or difficulty. Works included in the course will include, Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park',Walter Scott's 'Waverley', W.M.Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair', Henry James's 'The Portrait of A Lady', Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo', James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (plus a little of 'Finnegans Wake'), Virginia Woolf's 'The Years', and John Berger's 'G'.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the course will have gained a more informed understanding of the development of the workings of societies depicted in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the presentational strategies used to dramatise specific issues arising from them.
Syllabus
  • Week 1:Feb.19th:Introductory Week 2:Feb.26th:Jane Austen: Mansfield Park Week 3:Mar.4th:Walter Scott:Waverley Week 4:Mar 11th:W.M.Thackeray:Vanity Fair (1) Week 5:Mar. 18th:W.M.Thackeray:Vanity Fair (2) Week 6:Mar.25th:Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (1) Week 7:Apr.1st:Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (2)/Nostromo (1) Week 8:Apr.8th:Joseph Conrad: Nostromo Week 9:Apr.15th:READING WEEK:NO CLASS Week 10:Apr.22nd:James Joyce: Ulysses (1): 1,2,4,5, 10, 11, 12 Week 11:Apr.29th:James Joyce: Ulysses(2): 13,15, 17,18 Week 12:May 6th:Virginia Woolf: The Years Week 13:May 13th:John Berger: G
Literature
    recommended literature
  • FORD, Ford Madox. The good soldier : a tale of passion. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946, 228 s. ISBN 0140005366. info
    not specified
  • Forster, E.M, Howard's End , London, Penguin, 2012
  • James Joyce Ulysses. Edited by Vincent B. Sherry. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xii, 125 p. ISBN 0521539765. info
  • FOWLES, John. The french lieutenant's woman. London: Vintage, 2004, 445 s. ISBN 0099478331. info
  • The wings of the dove. Edited by Henry James. Modern Library ed. New York: Modern Library, 2000, ix, 711 p. ISBN 0679641564. info
  • Emma. Edited by Jane Austen. New York: Modern Library, 1995, 359 p. ;. ISBN 0679641084. info
  • THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity fair. London: Penguin Books, 1994, xii, 672 s. ISBN 0-14-062085-0. info
  • SCOTT, Walter. Waverley. London: Penguin Books, 1994, 491 s. ISBN 0140621482. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Regeneration. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, 251 s. ISBN 0140123083. info
  • JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Edited by Declan Kiberd. London: Penguin Books, 1992, lxxxviii,. ISBN 0140185585. info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. The years. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1968, 348 s. ISBN 0140185615. info
  • BECKETT, Samuel. Molloy. Translated by Patrick Bowles. London: Calder and Boyars, 1966, 188 s. info
  • JAMES, Henry. The portrait of a lady. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1963, 591 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Brideshead revisited : the sacred and profane memories of captain Charles Ryder. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962, 394 s. ISBN 0140059156. info
  • Malone dies. Translated by Samuel Beckett. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1962, 144 s. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught through a combination of mini-lectures, close reading, group discussion and full class discussion.
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by participation, oral contribution in class (40%),and an essay of seven to ten pages (double-spaced, type size 12)(60%. Essays should be submitted to me by e-mail at my address in the IS system.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018.
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