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This course aims to familiarise students with various close-reading techniques, applied to selected samples of Anglo-American prose and drama. It aims at nurturing RWCT techniques (Reading and writing for critical thinking).
Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2020)
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All the course materials are available online from: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2475 enrolment key: inter Online webinars are taught via Zoom at: https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/j/94430775864 Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (31.01.2021)
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Requirements: Students are asked to write either a short handwritten essay (400 words) written against the clock at the end of the term, or a longer typewritten essay (1200 words) on one of the assigned topics. For more info pls. scroll down and read the final section in Moodle. Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2020)
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Recommended reading: Primary materials are downloadable from Moodle at https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2475. Enrolment key: inter
Secondary sources: Abrams, M. H. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition, London: Oxford University Press, 1953 Kravis, J., (Ed.) Teaching Literature: Writers and Teachers Talking. Cork: Cork UP, 1995 Shrodes, C., Finestone, H., Shugrue, M. The Conscious Reader, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985 Di Yanni R. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay, 2nd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1990 Holman, C.H., Harmon, W. A Handbook to Literature, 5th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986 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 Roberts, E. V., Jacobs, H. E. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1986 Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2020)
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Rozpis výukových jednotek
Week 1 Intro - Analogie a kontrasty Benjamin Zephaniah: Miss World William Shakespeare: Sonnet 130 Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
Week 2 Roald Dahl: Edward the Conqueror
Week 3 Somerset Maugham: The Verger Charles Johnson: Oxherding Tale Focus: reading for instruction, a cautionary tale
Week 4 Julian Barnes: The Visitors (A History of the World in 10½ Chapters) Focus: full and limited omniscience, altruism vs. self-interest
Week 5-6 Kurt Vonnegut: Who Am I This Time Andre Dubus: The Fat Girl Focus: analogies and contrasts, narrative authority
Week 7 Bernard Malamud: A Magic Barrel Focus: interpretive role-playing, culture-specific reading
Week 8 John Steinbeck: The Murder Focus: narrative ambiguity, Melting Pot vs Salad Bowl
Week 9-10 Kate Chopin: The Story of an HourC.B. Divakaruni: Clothes Focus: generic formulas in writing, Bildungsroman
Week 11 Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol Mark Twain: The Story of the Bad Boy Who Didn´t Come to Grief H. C. Andersen: The Emperor´s New Clothes Focus: cautionary tale, parable, hyperbole, narrative crescendo
Week 12-13 Charles Johnson: Menagerie, A Child´s Fable George Orwell: Animal Farm (film + excerpts) Focus: allegory, animal fable Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2020)
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Primary materials are downloadable from Moodle at https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2475. Enrolment key: inter Last update: Ženíšek Jakub, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.02.2020)
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