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Contemporary British and American Literature - OPNA3A014A
Title: Současná britská a americká literatura
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: 20 / 20 (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: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Is pre-requisite for: OPNA3A031A, OPNA3A026A, OPNA3A001C, OPNA3A032B
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (04.09.2023)
The aim of this course is to introduce contemporary British and American fiction, poetry and drama. The course provides information concerning major developmental tendencies, themes, representative authors and works since 2000 until today. The lectures provide historical, social, political, cultural and literary-theoretical contexts of the works. The seminars are based on critical discussions dealing with the key formal and thematic and socio-historical aspects of the works. Topics: Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts Contemporary British Historical Fiction Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society Contemporary British Drama Contemporary British Poetry Contemporary American short story Contemporary American novel Contemporary American poetry Contemporary American Drama
Descriptors -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (04.09.2023)

Self-study of the works of primary and secondary literature: 10 hours per semester

Work with study materials, especially the works of primary and secondary literature: 40 hours per semester

Continuous work on assignments: 14 hours per semester

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (08.09.2023)

Primary literature: literary texts: See the syllabus.

Secondary literature:

BENTLEY, Nick. Contemporary British Fiction. Edinburgh University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0748624201.

GWYNN, R.S., LINDNER, A. Contemporary American Poetry. London: Longman, 2004. ISBN: 978-0321182821.

INNES, C., MIDDEKE, M., SCHNIERER, P.P., ROUDANÉ, M.C. (eds.). The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. ISBN: 978-1408134795.

LANE, David. Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780748638215.

LANE, Richard J., Rod, MENGHAM a Philip TEW, ed. Contemporary British Fiction. Cambridge: Polity, 2003. ISBN 0-7456-2867-2.

O'DONNELL, Patrick. The American Novel Now: Reading Contemporary American Fiction since 1980. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4051-6757-4.

SIERZ, A., MIDDEKE, M., SCHNIERER, P.P. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2011. ISBN: 978-1408122785.

WHEATLEY, David. Contemporary British Poetry. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN: 978-0230362536.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (08.09.2023)

Active participation in classes - max. 3 absences in seminars.

Written exam - a 600 words-long essay, minimum to pass 70% - 2  re-sittings max, 3 sittings in total.

Language skills are part of the overall assessment - max. 4 errors within 1 sitting of the exam.

Syllabus -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (08.09.2023)
  • Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts (Lucy Wood: "Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict" (2018) from The Sing of the Shore, Candice Carty-Williams: Queenie (2019)- extract chapter 27)
  • Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society (Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019) extracts)
  • Contemporary British Historical Fiction (Andrea Levy: “Back to My Own Country” (2014) from Six Stories and an Essay (2014); The Long Song (2010))
  •  Contemporary British Drama (Lucy Kirkwood: The Children (2016), Extracts: Natasha Gordon: Nine Night (2018), Caryl Churchill: Escaped Alone (2016), Ella Hickson: Oil (2016))
  • Contemporary British Poetry
  • Course Introduction + Contemporary American Short Fiction: Philosophical fiction (Charles R. Johnson – 4 short stories)
  • Contemporary American Novel (David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars)
  •  Multicultural American (Philip Roth: The Human Stain)
  • Contemporary American Poetry
  • Contemporary American Drama (David Mamet: November)
Course completion requirements -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (08.09.2023)

Active participation in classes - max. 3 absences in seminars.

Written exam - a 600 words-long essay, minimum to pass 70% - 2  re-sittings max, 3 sittings in total.

Language skills are part of the overall assessment - max. 4 errors within 1 sitting of the exam.

 
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