Indický román v angličtině - AAA500508

• Anglický název: Indian Novel in English
• Zajišťuje: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
• Fakulta: Filozofická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2011
• Semestr: letní
• Body: 0
• E-Kredity: 5
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:0/2, Z [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Garant: PhDr. Mgr. Ludmila Volná, Ph.D.

Anotace

OBJECTIVES


The course will concentrate on the development and character of the anglophone novel written by Indian authors.
Through close reading a number of questions will be addressed concerning the specificities of different periods as
to style and themes. Special attention will be paid to the examination of the texts with respect to related cultural
phenomena, and a set of issues referring to Indian history and society as they appear in the texts will be discussed.
The core reading will be completed by a selection of critical texts.

MATERIAL
R. K. Narayan: The English Teacher (1945)
Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan (1956)
Anita Desai: In Custody (1984)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: The Mistress of Spices (1997)
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things (1997)
Neelum Saran Gour: The Sikandar Chowk Park (2005)

ASSESSMENT
Regular attendance and active participation in class discussions (based on the assigned reading) are strictly
required. Apart from that students are expected to present a class communication of twenty minutes and submit an
essay.

Note
THE COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT DURING TWO WEEKS STARTING WITH 9 MARCH 2011.

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Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Philosophy & Arts
Dept. of Anglophone Literatures & Cultures
nám. Jana Palacha 2,
116 38 Praha 1
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Poslední úprava: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (24.01.2011)