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This course, conducted in English, will introduce the students to the period of American writing that saw an arrival of new form and new content in the 1920s and a new focus on the socially indigenous in the 1930s. Basic orientation in the various streams of postwar writing, from the confessional mainstream novel through the Beats to experimental prose and postmodern writing. The diversity of styles in this period corresponds to the increasingly complex picture of the American society and reflects its complexity. Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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To acquire basic idea about the US literary scene during the first and second half of the 20th century. Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019
Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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The Columbia History of the American Novel Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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Discussion of the given writer's life and work, followed by close reading and discussion of one of his or her texts (short story, sample of a novel, a poem).
This seminar will be taught in presence in Jinonice. Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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Knowledge of key facts about the writer's life and work and his position in the given literary period. Active participation in discussions and regular attendance of the course. Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019
Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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Updated for WS 2024/25. Introduction Poslední úprava: Bartůšek Jaroslav, Bc. (24.09.2024)
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