This course aims to give the students a general outline of the most significant events in American literature, focusing largely, but not exclusively, on canonical authors. Seminars are generally preceded by an audiovisual presentation of a particular literary movement, including its social and cultural background. This is then followed by a close reading session which focuses on the selected seminar texts (short stories, plays, extracts etc.).
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Tento kurz zajišťuje přehledně řazené e-learningové opory pro kombinované studium - předmět Americká literatura 18. - 20. století. Kvůli omezené hodinové dotaci je jednosměrnou výuku (tedy výklad) v některých případech nutno realizovat pomocí videopřednášek, které si studenti mohou pustit přímo v rámci platformy Moodle. Kontaktní výuka se následně omezí zejména na analýzu zadaných seminárních textů.
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Course completion requirements -
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS: 90% attendance, one seminar paper based on one of the assigned topics (approx. 1000 words). Oral exam (see Moodle)
Essay deadline: 3 days prior to the oral exam
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90% docházka a aktivní účast v seminářích; kratší esej na jedno ze zadaných témat (cca 1000 slov). Navazující písemná zkouška (viz Moodle)
Termín pro odevzdání eseje: nejpozději 3 dny před ústní zkouškou
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Literature -
Primary recommended sources:
Ruland, R., Bradbury, M. From Puritanism to Postmodernism, New York: Viking Penguin, 1991. ISBN-13: 978-0140144352.
Procházka, M., Quinn, J., Ulmanová, H., Roraback, E. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002. ISBN 9788024619965.
High, Peter, An Outline of American Literature, London: Longman, 2007.
Van Spanckeren, K. Outline of American Literature – revised edition. US Information Agency, 1994.
Lauter, P., Yarborough, R., Cheung, K., Molesworth, C. The Heath Anthology of American literature, Early Nineteenth Century: 1800 - 1865, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN-13: 9780618532988.
Lauter, P., Yarborough, R., Alberti, J., Brady, M. The Heath Anthology of American literature: Volume A: the Beginnings to 1900, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. ISBN: 0-618-54250-7.
Secondary bibliography:
Bercovitch, S. (ed.). The Cambridge History of American Literature. Cambridge, 1994.
Bradbury, M.:. The Modern American Novel, Oxford: O.U.P, 1992.
Elliott, E. et al, (Eds.) Columbia Literary History of the United States, Columbia University Press, 1988-2001.
Hendin, J. (ed.). A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. Londýn, 2004.
Minter, D. A Cultural History of the American Novel,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press, 1996.
Procházka, Martin a Stříbrný, Zdeněk. Slovník spisovatelů [literatur v angličtině]. Nakladatelství Libri: Praha, 2003.
Roth, J., (Ed) American Diversity, American Identity,New York: Henry Holt, 1995.
Starling, M. W. The Slave Narrative: Its Place in American History. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1988.
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Doporučená literatura:
Ruland, R., Bradbury, M. From Puritanism to Postmodernism, New York: Viking Penguin, 1991. ISBN-13: 978-0140144352.
Procházka, M., Quinn, J., Ulmanová, H., Roraback, E. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002. ISBN 9788024619965.
High, Peter, An Outline of American Literature, London: Longman, 2007.
Van Spanckeren, K. Outline of American Literature – revised edition. US Information Agency, 1994.
Lauter, P., Yarborough, R., Cheung, K., Molesworth, C. The Heath Anthology of American literature, Early Nineteenth Century: 1800 - 1865, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN-13: 9780618532988.
Lauter, P., Yarborough, R., Alberti, J., Brady, M. The Heath Anthology of American literature: Volume A: the Beginnings to 1900, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. ISBN: 0-618-54250-7.
Rozšiřující literatura:
Bercovitch, S. (ed.). The Cambridge History of American Literature. Cambridge, 1994.
Bradbury, M.:. The Modern American Novel, Oxford: O.U.P, 1992.
Elliott, E. et al, (Eds.) Columbia Literary History of the United States, Columbia University Press, 1988-2001.
Hendin, J. (ed.). A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. Londýn, 2004.
Minter, D. A Cultural History of the American Novel,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press, 1996.
Procházka, Martin a Stříbrný, Zdeněk. Slovník spisovatelů [literatur v angličtině]. Nakladatelství Libri: Praha, 2003.
Roth, J., (Ed) American Diversity, American Identity,New York: Henry Holt, 1995.
Starling, M. W. The Slave Narrative: Its Place in American History. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1988.
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Syllabus -
1. Lecture: Colonial US literature (online video – home assignment)
Intro / Lecture 2: Enlightenment and revolutionary period
Reading assignment – Benjamin Franklin: 2 pamphlets
2. Lecture: Romantism
Reading assignment – Washington Irving: The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow
Reading assignment – E.A.Poe: The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart
Reading assignment – N. Hawthorne: Birthmark, Rapaccini’s Daughter (optional)
3. Video Lecture: ideological overtones of Romanticism – slave narratives
Reading assignment – The Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Reading assignment 2 (optional) – H. D. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience
4. Lecture: Realism/Naturalism I (local color)
Reading assignment –Kate Chopin: A Respectable Woman and 4 other stories
Reading assignment –A. Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
S. Crane: The Red Badge of Courage (synopsis + excerpt)
5. Lecture: 18th through 20th century poetry (+online video)
