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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 century British literature, esp. on the dynamic development of the novel.
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (04.02.2020)
Cílem kurzu je seznámení s kulturní pluralitou britské literatury 20. a začátku 21.století a rozvíjení schopností texty analyzovat a interpretovat. Kurz se soustřeďuje na hlavní mezníky vývoje britské literatury 20. století, se zvláštním důrazem na dynamický vývoj románu.
Descriptors
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2021)
The course will be taught via MS Teams and Zoom. The students will receive emails with instructions concerning the precise arrangement of the online platforms before the teaching takes place. For further information and materials see Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=7184
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (04.02.2020)
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: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2021)
Primary Literature:
Texts:
Fiction - Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness - D. H. Lawrence - Virgin and the Gipsy - Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway - James Joyce - "Eveline" - Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange - John Fowles - The French Lieutenant’s Woman - Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
Ian McEwan- Atonement
Andrea Levy: Small Island
Poetry - T. S. Eliot - "The Hollow Men" - W. B. Yeats - "The Second Coming" - W. H. Auden - "Musée des Beaux Arts" - Philip Larkin - "Church Going" - Seamus Heaney
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.
Requirements to the exam -
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The exam is oral and consists of answering two selected questions from the list the students receive at the first seminar along 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: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (01.02.2021)
Zkouška je ústní a sestává se ze 2 vylosovaných otázek. Seznam všech otázek i povinné literatury obdrží studenti na první hodině kurzu. Na přípravu má student 30 minut. Pro úspěšné zvládnutí zkoušky je třeba uspokojivě (tj. alespoň na hodnocení "dobře") zodpovědět obě otázky. V případě, že student nezodpoví alespoň jednu z vylosovaných otázek uspokojivě, je jeho výkon u zkoušky hodnocen jako "neprospěl(a)". Student si termín zkoušky zapíše u vyučujícího, ke kterému docházel do semináře. Součástí hodnocení je i jazyková a formulační úroveň.
Syllabus -
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Content:This is the third and final semester of the English Literature core course. It focuses on the major developments of 20th century fiction and poetry although, where relevant, drama is also mentioned. While the series of lectures will provide a general social and cultural context for the variety of rapid developments within these genres, the seminars will focus on individual works (listed below) encouraging students to develop critical close-reading techniques as well as to explore broader moral, philosophical and aesthetic issues. While the texts selected reflect the cultural plurality of 20th century British literature, they at the same time "speak to each other" in a number of ways. In the close critical discussions students will be encouraged to discover some recurrent concerns within this diversity (of texts) as well as use their knowledge of previous developments within individual genres.
Texts:
Fiction - Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness - D. H. Lawrence - Virgin and the Gipsy - Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway - James Joyce - "Eveline" - Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange - John Fowles - The French Lieutenant’s Woman - Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
Ian McEwan- Atonement
Andrea Levy: Small Island
Poetry - T. S. Eliot - "The Hollow Men" - W. B. Yeats - "The Second Coming" - W. H. Auden - "Musée des Beaux Arts" - Philip Larkin - "Church Going" - Seamus Heaney
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2021)
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness D. H. Lawrence: The Virgin and the Gipsy Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway James Joyce: “Eveline”
Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin (extract) Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange John Fowles: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (extract) Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day
Andrea Levy: Small Island (extract)
Ian McEwan: Atonement
Drama
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot John Osborne: Look Back in Anger
Poetry W. B. Yeats: “The Second Coming” T. S. Eliot: “The Hollow Men”
W. H. Auden: “Musée des Beaux Arts” Philip Larkin: “Church Going” Seamus Heaney: “Punishment”
Craig Raine: “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home”
Carol Anne Duffy: “Valentine”
Benjamin Zephaniah: “Dis Poetry”
Course completion requirements -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (01.02.2021)
- preparation for and active participation in the seminars, max. 2 absences
- successful passing of the oral exam
- language skills are part of the overall assessment.
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- aktivní a pravidelná účast na seminářích (max. 2 absence)
- úspěšné složení ústní zkoušky
Součástí hodnocení je i jazyková a formulační úroveň.
