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This is a one-term course focused on close reading of predominantly contemporary literature written in English. The seminar texts are selected with regard to their content, format and the
language in which they are written, so that they are properly suited for in-class close reading. The texts are analysed both
through the prism of traditional and modern critical methodology, fermented by what has become known as RWCT
(Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking) methodology. The main aims of the course are the development of critical thinking and language mastery as well as anchoring of the findings into the wider context of contemporary sociocultural situation.
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2018)
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Doporučená literatura:
Eagleton, T. Literary Theory: An Introduction, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1983 Haus, C. H., Scholes R., Comley, N. R., Silverman, M. Elements of Literature: Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 Heinig, R. B. Improvisation with Favorite Tales. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1992 Holman, C.H., Harmon, W. A Handbook to Literature, 5th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986 Kravis, J., (Ed.) Teaching Literature: Writers and Teachers Talking. Cork: Cork UP, 1995
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2018)
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1. ACHETYPAL STORY REFASHIONING Andrew Lang: The Blue Fairy Book: “Beauty and the Beast” (1889) + Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories: “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” (1979) FOCUS: fairy tale, postmodernist refashioning of archetypal story
2. POSTCOLONIAL DEFAMILIARISATION Nadine Gordimer: “Once Upon a Time” (1989) + “The Ultimate Safari” (1989) from Jump and Other Stories (1991) FOCUS: Postcolonial literature, irony, defamiliarisation
3. HISTORY AND HIS STORY Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “A Private Experience” (2008) + “The Headstrong Historian” (2008) FOCUS: HISTORY vs. HIS STORY
4. TRADITION VS. MODERNITY Anita Desai: “Studies in the Park” (1978) + Witi Ihimaera: “The Whale” (1972) Focus: tradition and modernity
5. ROMANCE ALTERATION Tennessee Williams: “The Field of Blue Children” (1937) + Kurt Vonnegut: “Runaways” (1961) Focus: Romance as generic writing formula (cliché)
6. AMBIGUOUS NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE Ambrose Bierce: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) Focus: ambiguous narrative perspective
7. LITERARY MINIMALISM Ernest Hemingway: “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) + Henry Lawson: “The Drover’s Wife” (1896) Focus: literary minimalism
8. THE CONCRETE CHARACTER OF POETIC LANGUAGE Sylvia Plath, Elisabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin: selected poems Focus: the concrete character of poetic language
9. COMPLEX SIMPLICITY ee cummings, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost: selected poems Focus: complex simplicity
10. SPACE AND IDENTITY Doris Lessing: “To Room Nineteen” (1963) and Fay Weldon: “Weekend” (1978, 2009) Focus: space and identity Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (15.03.2018)
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The Moodle version of the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5979. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (15.03.2018)
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