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Course, academic year 2023/2024
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Selected chapter from American literature - OPNA3A002C
Title: Vybrané kapitoly z americké literatury
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/1, C [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 16 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (10.09.2022)
The course seeks to consolidate and deepen the student’s knowledge of American literature. The students are invited to view American literature and its major works in a broader historical, social, cultural, and educational context. Topics: 1. Major works of early American literature 2. Characteristic features of American Romanticism 3. The development of American Realism and Naturalism 4. American literature between 1910 and 1940 5. The development of American drama with a 20th century emphasis 6. The development of American literature from the mid-20th century to the present HOURLY ASSIGNMENT: Work with study materials 25 hours Completion of ongoing assignments 14 hours Preparation for credit 5 hours
Descriptors - Czech
Last update: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. (11.09.2022)

Práce se studijními materiály 25 hodin

Plnění průběžných úkolů 14 hodin

Příprava na zápočet 5 hodin

Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (10.09.2022)

GRAY, Richard. A History of American Literature. Blackwell, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1405192286.

HENDIN, J. (ed.). A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 978-1-4051-2180-4.

JAŘAB, Josef. Po cestách z neviditelnosti: eseje o afroamerické literatuře a kultuře. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. Monografie. ISBN 978-80-244-5019-3.

LEVINE, Robert S., ed. The Norton anthology of American literature. Shorter ninth edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, [2017], Volume 2, 1865 to the present. ISBN 978-0-393-26453-1.

PROCHÁZKA, Martin. Lectures on American Literature. Praha: Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1996-5.

RULAND, Richard, and Malcolm Bradbury. From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-0670835928.

STOBAUGH, James P. American Literature: Cultural Influences of Early to Contemporary Voices. Green Forest: Master Books, 2018. ISBN-13: 978-0890516713.

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (10.09.2022)

Lectures and topics for follow-up activities and self-study

1)      The most significant literary offshoots of Colonial and Early Republican era in the United States.

2)      Characteristic features of American literary Romanticism, exemplified with reference to fiction, poetry and the dominant philosophy of the era.

3)      Development of Realism and Naturalism in American literature seen as response to the changing social climate, scientific and ideological discourse of the late 19th century.

4)      Representative summary of American prose and poetry of the 1910s through early 40s, centred around Modernism and the Lost Generation.

5)      A comprehensive overview of US literature from World War II until the present.

6)      The birth and rise of American drama, with an obvious focus on 20th century playwrights.

7)      The main themes, aspects and representatives in American fiction, poetry and drama since the 2000s.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (10.09.2022)

The course is designed, among other things, as a preparation for the final state exam. Credit is therefore awarded for a student presentation on an assigned topic that is directly related to one of the state exam questions in American literature for the M.A. programme. Course participants can also take a practice run that will indicate how their performance would be evaluated in the oral part of the state exam in literature.

 
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