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Final Written Compositions from English Language and Literature - OPNA4A041A
Title: Klauzurní práce z anglického jazyka a literatury
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2022
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / 25 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
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. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Pre-requisite : OPNA4A021A, OPNA4A031A
Annotation -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. (28.01.2023)
This obligatory module without face-to-face instruction embodies the synthesis of literary and linguistic knowledge and practical-analytical and formulation skills. The Comprehensive exam consists of two relatively autonomous parts, i.e., literary and linguistic ones, each taking the form of a written essay/composition. The linguistic composition is established on an authentic discourse sample which is subjected to comprehensive analysis based on the instructions. The literary part has the form of an academic essay on a literary-theoretical, literary-cultural or literary-educational theme.
Descriptors -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (07.02.2023)

This exam is organized three times an academic year - in January, in May and in September.

Literature -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (26.01.2023)

BURGESS, Anthony. English Literature: A Survey for Students. New ed. London: Longman, 1974. ISBN 0-582-55224-9.

CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-521-40179-8.

GREENBAUM, Sydney, QUIRK, Randolph. A Student’s Grammar of the English Language. Harlow: Longman, 1990. ISBN 0-582-05971-2.

DAWSON, Ashley. The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415572460.

HALLIDAY, Michael. A. K., HASAN, Ruqaiya. Language, Context, and Text: Aspects of Language in a Social-Semiotic Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN:0-19-437154-9.        

MULLANEY, Julie. Postcolonial Literatures in Context. Continuum Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-8470-6337-3.

PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. English Lexicology. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. ISBN 80-244-0265-3.

RULAND, Richard, BRADBURY, Malcolm. From Puritanism to Postmodernism. New York: Viking Penguin, 1991. ISBN 978-0140144352.

YOUNG, Robert J. Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-280182-1.

YULE, George. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 978-0194372077.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

The Comprehensive examination is written and composed of two relatively autonomous parts, i.e., literary and linguistic essays. The candidates sit each part on a different day and have four hours per each part at their disposal. The final overall assessment results from the two independently assessed components. In case a student fails one of the autonomous parts, they re-sit that part only. To pass the exam, each student has three attempts in all (both parts put together constitute one attempt, or else one re-taken part (or both re-taken parts) constitute/s another attempt).

The linguistic part of the Comprehensive exam verifies knowledge and analytical skills gained in all the obligatory linguistic subjects at BA and MA levels, together with practical formulation skills at C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference. It is based on an authentic text sample approximately half a standard A4 page in size. The candidate is expected to produce independently a comprehesive analysis of the sample in view of all mandatory linguistic subjects, dividing their attention equally between the langue and the parole disciplines and paying special attention to the passage(s) marked as obligatory. The output corresponds to an essay or a composition. The assessment takes account of the relevance, diversity, representativeness and complexity of the phenomena selected for analysis from each discipline, adequate use of terminology, multiaspectual analysis of the obligatory part, the overall quality and depth of the factual analysis performed and the ability to describe and interpret the findings /tendencies detected. The formulation (proficiency) standard of the composition is an intergral part of the assessment.

In the literary part students choose one of two given themes and they are expected to use examples from English-written literature they have read for their argumentation. This part also requires practical formulation skills at C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference. The assessment takes account of the factual precision, relevance of the examples used, coherence and logical structure of argumentation, adequate use of terminology, ability of analytical approach to a literary text and its subsequent analysis, and ability to draw sensible conclusions based on the preceding argumentation. The formulation (proficiency) standard of the composition is an intergral part of the assessment.

 
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