American Literature of the 20th Century - OEB2301014

• Title: Americká literatura 20. st.
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2014 to 2014
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Josef Grmela, CSc.; Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
• Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.

Annotation

English

Last update: ZENISEK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (04.10.2015)

This course aims to give the students a general outline of the most significant events in American literature, focusing largely, but not exclusively, on canonical authors. These seminars complement lectures which reside in presenting a particular literary movement, including its social and cultural background. These are then followed by a close reading session which focuses on the selected seminar texts (novels, short stories, plays, etc.). Requirements: 80% attendance (2 unexplained absences are permissible); Written & oral exam.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)

Jedná se o návazný semestrální kurz zakončený písemnou a ústní zkouškou. Soustředí se převážně na kanonické autory 20. století. Přednáška vždy situuje dané dílo do dobového kontextu. Seminární texty jsou v drtivé většině kratší prózy, doplněné několika romány. Poezie a drama jsou zastoupeny v menší míře. Prerekvizita: OB2301013

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (13.05.2019)

Sekundární literatura

Procházka, M., Quinn, J., Ulmanová, H., Roraback, E. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002

Ruland, R., Bradbury, M. From Puritanism to Postmodernism,New York: Viking Penguin, 1991

Van Spanckeren, K. Outline of American Literature – revised edition. US Information Agency, 1994

Bradbury, M.. The Modern American Novel: New Revised Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Lauter, P., Yarborough, R., Bayer, J., Molesworth, C., Cheung, K. The Heath Anthology of American literature: Volume D, 2008

Gates, H.L., McKay, N. The Norton Anthology of African-American Literature,New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 199

Bercovitch, S. (ed.). The Cambridge History of American Literature.Cambridge, 1994.

Bradbury, M.:. The Modern American Novel, Oxford: O.U.P, 1992.

Elliott, E. et al, (Eds.) Columbia Literary History of the United States, Columbia University Press, 1988-2001.

Hendin, J. (ed.). A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. Londýn, 2004.

Minter, D. A Cultural History of the American Novel,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press, 1996