AJ24254 New Technologies and Modernist Literature

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2016
Rozsah
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Vyučující
Dr. Nicoletta Asciuto (přednášející), PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 19. 9. až Pá 23. 9. každý pracovní den 10:50–12:25 VP, každý pracovní den 14:10–15:45 VP
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Cíle předmětu
Today, we tend to take technological advancements for granted: the twentieth century has created a frenetic turnover of technologies which have shaped, and continue to shape, our interaction with the world, and with other human beings — the radio, television, telephone, the Internet, the machine, airplanes, are only few of the revolutionary technological advancements brought forward in the twentieth century. In this one-week course we shall look at the outbreak of this “new modernity” and more specifically at how people reacted to these technological transitions in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and how this is represented in literature. Did you know that E. M. Forster (1879-1970) first mentioned something resembling Skype in one of his short stories? Or that R. L. Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote against the coming of electric lighting? Can you guess when telephones were first mentioned in literature? Or trams? This one-week course will look at literary representations of what were considered new technologies in the early twentieth century, with particular focus on electricity and electric light, communication technologies (the telephone), visual technologies (cinema, photography, etc.), and transport technologies (i.e. railways/tram, car/motorcycle). Although the focus of this module will be on Modernism, we will also look at the late Victorian/Edwardian age and at Continental European avant-garde movements (i.e. Italian Futurism) as points of comparison and contrast. The main objectives of this module will be: - To familiarize English literature students with Modernism and more generally with twentieth-century literature; - To engage students with new, interdisciplinary perspective on research (Literature, History, History of Technology, Comparative Literature), which will enrich the ways in which we understand modern literature and also modern history; - To have students practise discussion on a selection of literary texts, as well as to enable them to further discuss their research with a written output. The module will be structured in a series of 5 lectures and 5 seminars. The seminars will follow the lectures on the same day and in the seminars we will engage directly with a selection of texts, which should prompt a fruitful and friendly discussion for a better understanding of technological change and early twentieth-century literature. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students are welcome. In order to receive credits for attending this course, you will be required to submit an essay on technology in Modernism (a list of essay questions will be provided, or you can liaise with me on an essay topic of your choice) two weeks after the end of the module. Undergraduate (BA) students will be required to submit a 2,500-word essay, while postgraduates (MA) a 5,000 word essay. The essay will be marked and returned to students with written feedback.
Výukové metody
Lectures, seminar discussions over assigned reading
Metody hodnocení
Full attendance; final essay
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Poznámka k periodicitě výuky: Intensive course.
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