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FF FNAJApJ English Language and Literature
Name in Czech: English Language and Literature
master's full-time single-subject, language of instruction: English English
Included in the programme: FF N-AJA_ English Language and Literature

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  • Parts of the final state examination and its content
    The state examination has two parts:
    1. Defence of the diploma thesis
    2. English language and literature
    The second part of the state exam consists of an oral examination of professional literature within the specialization chosen during their studies by selecting optional courses related to their diploma thesis.
    The current lists of the prescribed literature for the individual specializations are available at:
    http://anglistika.phil.muni.cz/studium/informace-ke-studiu/books-master-s-state-exam.
    Students are obliged to choose 2 out of 4 recommended overview texts within their specialization (e.g. Bloom/Eagleton and Brantlinger/Jenks for literary-cultural studies and Crystal/Svartvik&Leech and Firbas/Vached for linguistics). Additional three books are selected from three areas so that the student covers all relevant disciplines in their professional specialization. The aim of the exam is to assess the professional knowledge of the students by means of an open dialogue, with view to their awareness of the historical context as well as the current state of knowledge in their field.
  • Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended theses
    Dynamic Semantic Scales and Verbs of Motion
    Czech and English Dictionaries of Collocations
    Downtoners from a Semantic Point of View
    Evaluative language in journalistic discourse
    Female Characters in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
    Identity and Loss in Films by Atom Egoyan
    Comparison of the English Way of Advertising with its Spanish Counterparts
    The Films that Made It: Independent Canadian Women Filmmakers and the Recipe for Success
    The Slave Narrative and its Crucial Features
    Ethnic Identity among Children of Immigrants to Australia
    "The Exterminator Does a Good Job:" The Discourse of Naked Lunch
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Recommended progress through the study plan

Compulsory courses (60-80 credits)

Compulsory courses

Code Name Guarantor Type of Completion Extent and Intensity Credits Term Profile Cat.
FF:AJLA20001Literary and Cultural Theory I M. Kaylorzk 0/2/08 1Z
FF:AJLA20002Literary and Cultural Theory II T. Kačerzk 0/2/08 2Z
FF:AJLA20003The Historical Development of English J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/08 2Z
FF:AJLA20004Modern Linguistics J. Chovaneczk 0/2/08 1Z
FF:AJLA20006Czech Literature in English B. Fořtzk 0/2/08 --
FF:AJLA21110Practical English Exam L. Nepivodovázk 0/0/0- --
FF:AJLA21120Oral Practical English Exam L. Nepivodovázk 0/0/0- --
40 credits

Diploma Thesis

Code Name Guarantor Type of Completion Extent and Intensity Credits Term Profile Cat.
FF:AJLA29800Master's Thesis Seminar I J. Chovanecz 0/0/06 3P
FF:AJLA29801Master's Thesis Seminar II J. Chovanecz 0/0/020 4P
FF:AJLA29850Master’s Thesis J. Chovanecz 0/0/0- 4P
26 credits

Selective courses

Each student must pass the optional courses within their specialization in the extent of at least 36 credits, in addition to obtaining at least 18 credits outside their specialization, i.e. the total amount of 54 credits.

Code Name Guarantor Type of Completion Extent and Intensity Credits Term Profile Cat.
FF:AJLA22022Applied Linguistics: Language Acquisition J. Chamonikolasováz 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22065Semantics: The English Verb J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22066Pronunciation Varieties of English K. Tomkovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22068Semantics: Sentence Semantics N. Kudrnáčovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22073Language of Advertising J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22082Pragmatics J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22083Stylistics: Language and the Media J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22087Forensic Linguistics: English language and law J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22093Pronunciation Varieties of American English K. Tomkovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22095Discourse analysis: Folktales J. Pelclovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22098Linguistic analysis of broadcast talk J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22102Language and Ideology J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA22106Genre and text structure J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24054Contemporary British Women Novelists J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24065Shakespeare in/and Love M. Frankovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24087Forrest Reid M. Kaylorzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24101Tom Stoppard, playwright T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24103Reading Harry Potter: Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Analyses J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24104Aspects of Later 19th and Early 20th Century British Literature S. Hardyzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24105Aspects of 19th and 20th Century British and European Literature J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24251Henry James and his Critics J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24252Twentieth Century Anglophone War Fiction J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24261Anglo-Welsh Literature S. Hardyzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24262Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature S. Hardyzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA24502Topics in Literature: Restoration Theatre J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25047Indigenous Literature M. Horákovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25053Walt Whitman M. Kaylorzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25056Arthur Miller, Playwright T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25058H.P. Lovecraft and His Followers J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25059Beyond Postmodern Fiction: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25060Eugene O’Neill, playwright T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25061Modern American Drama - tranformations of the genre T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA25062Postmodern Masterpiece: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA2606920th Century British Drama and The Royal Court Theatre T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27051Contemporary Native American Societies M. Horákovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27053Civil and Human Rights: A Comparative Examination J. Smithzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27074HBO's The Wire and the American City T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27076Conspiracy and Paranoia in American Fiction and Culture J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27086Topics in American Culture: Cultural Politics and Political Cultures of the United States J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27087How Did It Come to This? The Roots of Inequality in the US and UK in the Age of Trump and Brexit J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27088African American Art J. Smithzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27090Fear for Your Life: Evolution, Cognition, and Frightening Entertainment T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA27093Between Utopia and Dystopia: Digitality, Networks and Literature T. Kačerzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28001Postcolonial and Feminist Rewritings of Master Narratives J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28042Film in Canada: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28065Canada - US Relations J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28066Canada and Global Issues J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28067 -- 0/0- --
FF:AJLA28084Indigenous Australia J. Chamonikolasovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:AJLA28087The Lie of the Land: Australia in Literature and Film M. Horákovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:SAKS001Identity and Alterity in Literature and Culture: Theory, Methodology, Analysis T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/08 --
FF:SAKS002Multilingualism, Language Change and Language Policy J. Chovaneczk 0/2/08 --
FF:SAKS003Cultural Perspectives on the Colonization of North America P. Kyloušekzk 0/2/08 --
FF:SAKS004North American Cultural Geographies T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/08 --
FF:SAKS011North American Cross-cultural Narratives M. Horákovázk 0/2/06 --
FF:SAKS012Translating North America into Czech (and vice versa): a historical-cultural perspective J. Rambousekzk 0/2/06 --
FF:SAKS013Film in the USA: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism T. Pospíšilzk 0/2/06 --
FF:SAKS014Current Topics in American Linguistics J. Chovaneczk 0/2/06 --
350 credits