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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (10.12.2020)
The structure of the course follows Androulaki´s and Whitted´s „English A: Literature“ (Oxford, 2019), chief themes being 1) the tools we use to support our reading and understading of literary texts, 2) using these tools on chosen works of Modern Literature poetry and prose fiction. |
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (10.12.2020)
The aim of the two-semester course is to help students start reading and discussing literature in English.
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (10.02.2023)
Textbook /will be provided by the teacher/: Anna Androulaki, Brent Whitted, English A: Literature, Oxford University Press 2019.
Recommended literature /all texts will be provided by the teacher and discussed in the course/: Skripta: Anna Androulaki, Brent Whitted, English A: Literature, Oxford University Press 2019.
Doporučená literatura: Clive Staples Lewi: Out of the Silent Planet. 1938. Salman Rushdie: Midnight´s Children. 1982. Shani Mootoo: Cereus Blooms at Night. 1999. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah. 2014. Percival L. Everett: Erasure: a Novel 2006. Alice Munro: Home: A Story. 2006. Zadie Smith: On Beauty: A Novel. 2005. Robert Eagelstone: Contemporary fiction: a very short introduction 2013. Peter Boxall: The value of the novel. 2015. Roger Luckhurst: Literature and the contemporary fictions and theories of the present. 1999. Christopher Butler: Postmodernism: a very short introduction 2002. |
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (16.10.2022)
Lecturing supported by PPT presentation, materials in Microsoft Teams course, part of the meeting always dedicated to joint reading of the text. At least once during the semester complemented by a visit to current theatrical productions related to the syllabus. |
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (10.12.2020)
1. George Orwell 2. Bill Bryson 3. Pico Iyer 4. Rebecca Solnit 5. Joe Sacco 6. Anna Akhmatova 7. Maria Wislawa Szymborska 8. Paul Simon 9. Ted Hughes 10. William Carlos Williams 11. Emily Bronte 12. Maryse Condé |
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (16.10.2022)
Entry requirements: advanced knowledge of English, enabling fluent reading of modern texts and discussion. |
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Last update: Mgr. Klára Kudlová, Ph.D. (10.12.2020)
The aim of the seminar is to help students read literature in English and discuss it in English. In order to obtain the credit, regular attendance, participation in discussions and willingness to start reading or willingness to read in English are necessary. |