English Literature 1: 16th and 17th Cent. - II - AAA220111

• Title: Anglická literatura 1: 16.a 17.stol. - II
• Form of teaching: lecture+seminar
• Guaranteed by: Ústav anglistiky a amerikanistiky (21-UAA)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2007
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Martin Hilský, CSc.; Mgr. Šárka Brotánková, D.Phil.

Annotation

English

LECTURE:
Renaissance literature. The emphasis is put on the growth of the English drama and on the theatre of Shakespeare. Drama before and after Shakespeare is discussed, including Restoration drama and English theatre in the 18th century.

SEMINAR:
OBJECTIVES
The course will provide an introduction to Elizabethan and Jacobean literature. It will examine various aspects and complexities of Renaissance writings, especially poetry and drama. The focus will be on practising close reading and on discussing selected texts, but we shall also consider wider cultural, historical and social issues.


MATERIAL
Authors and topics to be discussed will include: selected prose by Thomas More, Sir Philip Sidney; sonnets by Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, poems by John Donne (early poems by John Milton); Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

ASSESSMENT
Students are required to read the appropriate texts before they attend the class.
- 2 short essays (about 1,000 words)
- 1 test
satisfactory attendance and active participation in seminar discussions

Last update: UAAZNOJE (16.07.2007)

Czech

přednáška:
Renesanční literatura
Tématem přednášky je vznik a vývoj anglického dramatu a povaha shakespearovského divadla; látka zahrnuje drama před Shakespearem a po Shakespearovi, včetně restauračního dramatu a divadla 18. století.
seminář:
Kurs uvádí studenty do problematiky poezie a dramatu Williama Shakespeara, jehož dílo je dáno do kontextu období renesance a vývoje anglické poezie (zejména žánr sonetu) a dramatu (srovnání žánru shakespearovské sváteční komedie s jonsonovskou komedií humoru, vývoj různých koncepcí tragična).

Last update: UAAZNOJE (16.07.2007)