AJ54011 Srovnávací prvky v britské literatuře 20. stol. (témata z literatury)

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2009
Rozsah
5x2. 10 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Rozvrh
Pá 15:00–16:35 K23
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course will consider eaxamples of the main genres of literature from the perspective of comparative analysis, focusing on twentieth century and predominantly, often exclusively, on post-1945 works of literature. Authors whose work is considered include: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, J.H. Prynne, Tony Harrison , Peter Reading, Pat Barker, Penelope Lively, Angela Carter, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Brian Friel, Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro and John Berger.The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the period and and a comparison of individual writer's approaches.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay which demonstrates their ability to provide a comparative analysis of at least two examples of the work covered during the course.
Osnova
  • Seminar 1 Oct 2nd: The Child In Time (Ian McEwan); Success (Martin Amis); Shuttlecock (Graham Swift) Seminar 2 Oct. 16th: The Whitsun Weddings & High Windows ( Philip Larkin); from The School of Eloquence and V (Tony Harrison) Wound Response (J.H. Prynne) Fiction (Peter Reading) Seminar 3 Nov.16th: Union Street ( Pat Barker); Fireworks ( Angela Carter); Nothing Missing But The Samovar ( Penelope Lively) Seminar 4:Nov.27th: Betrayal (Harold Pinter); Translations (Brian Friel); Professional Foul (Tom Stoppard) Seminar 5: Dec. 14th:Intimacy (Hanif Kureishi) The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)Lilac and Flag (John Berger)
Literatura
  • Friel, Brian Translations London Faber & Faber 1981
  • Prynne, J.H. Wound Response Cambridge Street Editions 1974
  • Amis, Martin Success Harmondsworth Penguin 1985
  • Reading, Peter Essential Reading: Poems London Secker & Warburg 1986
  • ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The remains of the day. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, 245 s. ISBN 0-571-15310-0. info
  • CARTER, Angela. Fireworks. London: Virago Press, 1988, 120 s. ISBN 0-86068-402-4. info
  • MCEWAN, Ian. The child in time. Picador ed. London: Pan Books, 1988, 220 s. ISBN 0-330-30406-2. info
  • HARRISON, Tony. Selected poems. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987, 249 s. ISBN 0-14-058629-6. info
  • SWIFT, Graham. Shuttlecock. London: Penguin Books, 1982, 219 s. ISBN 0-14-006322-6. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Union Street. London: Virago Press, 1982, 265 s. ISBN 0-86068-283-8. info
  • PINTER, Harold. Betrayal. London: Methuen, 1978, 138 s. ISBN 0413470709. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. High windows. London: Faber and Faber, 1974, 42 s. ISBN 0571105521. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. The whitsun weddings. London: Faber and Faber, 1964, 46 s. ISBN 0571097103. info
Výukové metody
Teaching by close reading, group work and class discussion in the form of five ninety minute seminars.
Metody hodnocení
Assessment for the course will take the form of one essay of 8-12 pages comparing aspects of either two or three of the works covered in a given seminar (60%, oral participation/attendance (40%).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován jednou za dva roky.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2007, podzim 2011, podzim 2013, podzim 2015, jaro 2018, jaro 2020.