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This course focuses on British fiction and drama from the beginning of the 2Oth century to the 1990s. The seminars are based on reading, analysis and interpretation of selected texts which have not been included in compulsory literary course English and American Literature from the 20th century to the Present. Seminars also involve discussions those socio-historical and cultural aspects which have affected the creation of these texts. On the basis of their interest the students choose 6-7 books from the presented list which includes works of writers such as G.B. Shaw, D.H. Lawrence, V. Wolf, A. Huxley, C. Isherwood, E. G. Orwell, S. Beckett, K. Amis, W. Golding, A. Sillitoe, A. Burgess, J. Osborne, I. Murdoch, H. Pinter, D. Lodge, A. Carter, M. Amis, J. Barnes, I. McEwan, K. Ishiguro, J. Winterson, T. Stoppard, P. Ackroyd, H. Kureishi or S. Rushdie.
Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.09.2023)
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Práce se studijními materiály: 55 hodin Seminární práce: 10 hodin Příprava na zápočet: 5 hodin Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.09.2023)
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Regular attendance (max. 2 absences), essay (about 1,000 words) on a selected topic based on the discussed texts. Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.09.2023)
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BRADBURY, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. London: Penguin, 1994. ISBN 0-14-023098-X. BRADFORD, Bradford. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. ISBN 978-1405113854. EAGLETON, Terry. The English Novel. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN 1-4051-1707-9. HEAD, Dominic. Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-66966-9. HILSKÝ, Martin. Modernisté. Praha: Torst, 1995. ISBN 80-85639-40-8. INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-01675-4. SANDERS, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-926338-8. STERNLICHT, Sanford. A Reader’s Guide to Modern British Drama. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8156-3076-X. WILSON, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618. Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.09.2023)
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The syllabus is based on the students' choice of texts. Last update: Chalupský Petr, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.09.2023)
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