The aim of the course is to introduce students to the cultural plurality of British and American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as to develop the ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate texts.
Themes:
1. Edwardian period and British Modernism
2. British literature from the 1930s to 1960s
3. Postmodernism in British Literature
4. British literature from the 1980s until today
5. 20th-century British drama
6. British poetry from the 1940s until today
7. American realism and naturalism
8. American modernism
9. Contemporary American fiction
10. Postmodernism in American literature
11. American 20th-century drama
12. American poetry from the 1940s until today
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the cultural plurality of British and American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as to develop the ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate texts.
Themes:
1. Edwardian period and British Modernism
2. British literature from the 1930s to 1960s
3. Postmodernism in British Literature
4. British literature from the 1980s until today
5. 20th-century British drama
6. British poetry from the 1940s until today
7. American realism and naturalism
8. American modernism
9. Contemporary American fiction
10. Postmodernism in American literature
11. American 20th-century drama
12. American poetry from the 1940s until today
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
Literature -
ALEXANDER, Michael. A History of English Literature. Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.
BLADES, Andrew. 20th Century American Literature (York Notes Companions), New York: Longman, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1408266649
BRADBURY, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel: New Revised Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-0140170443.
CORCORAN, Neil. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth Century English Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0521691321
DAWSON, Ashley. The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415572460.
ENGLISH, James F. Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-4051-2001-0.
HENDIN, Josephine. A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 978-1-4051-2180-4.
INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0521016759.
PROCHÁZKA Martin, Quinn Justin, Ulmanová Hana, Roraback Erik. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002. ISBN 9788024619965.
RULAND Richard, Bradbury Malcolm. From Puritanism to Postmodernism, New York: Viking Penguin, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0140144352.
WILSON, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
ALEXANDER, Michael. A History of English Literature. Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.
BLADES, Andrew. 20th Century American Literature (York Notes Companions), New York: Longman, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1408266649
BRADBURY, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel: New Revised Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-0140170443.
CORCORAN, Neil. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth Century English Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0521691321
DAWSON, Ashley. The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415572460.
ENGLISH, James F. Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-4051-2001-0.
HENDIN, Josephine. A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 978-1-4051-2180-4.
INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0521016759.
PROCHÁZKA Martin, Quinn Justin, Ulmanová Hana, Roraback Erik. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002. ISBN 9788024619965.
RULAND Richard, Bradbury Malcolm. From Puritanism to Postmodernism, New York: Viking Penguin, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0140144352.
WILSON, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618.
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
