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The aim of the course is to introduce students to the cultural plurality of British literature of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as to develop the ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate texts. The chief focus will be put on major watersheds of 20th and 21st -century British literature, esp. on the dynamic development of the novel.
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.01.2022)
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- preparation for and active participation in the seminars, max. 3 absences - successful passing of the oral exam - language skills are part of the overall assessment. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.01.2022)
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Primary literature: Fiction: Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin (extract) Andrea Levy: Small Island (extract) Ian McEwan: Atonement Drama Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot Poetry W. H. Auden: “Musée des Beaux Arts” Craig Raine: “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” Carol Anne Duffy: “Valentine” Benjamin Zephaniah: “Dis Poetry” Secondary Literature: Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. Palgrave MacMillan, 2013. Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. Penguin Book, 1994. Coote, Stephen. The Penguin Short History of English Literature. London: Penguin, 1993. English, James F., (ed.). Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Head, Dominic, Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Hilský, Martin, Modernisté. Praha, Torst, 1995. Innes, Christopher, Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Lane, R.J., Mengham, R., Tew, P., (eds.) Contemporary British Fiction. Cambridge, Polity Press 2003. Rogers, Pat (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1994. Sanders, Andrew, The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2004. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.01.2022)
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The exam is oral and consists of answering two selected questions from the list the students receive in the course of the seminars with the list of compulsory literature. Preparation takes 30 minutes. In order to pass the exam, the student has to answer correctly both of the questions. If the student answers satisfactorily only one question, he or she fails the exam and has to take it again. Students should take the exam with the teacher whose seminar they attended. Language skills are part of the overall assessment. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.01.2022)
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Seminars: Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin (extract) Andrea Levy: Small Island (extract) Ian McEwan: Atonement
Drama Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot Poetry W. H. Auden: “Musée des Beaux Arts” Craig Raine: “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” Carol Anne Duffy: “Valentine” Benjamin Zephaniah: “Dis Poetry” Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.01.2022)
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