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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (15.03.2017)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (15.03.2017)
II. Objectives of the course: |
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Primary literature: Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr Ripley 1955 (extract) Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiographyof Benjamin Franklin 1771 - 1790(extracts) Amy Tan: The Joy Luck Club 1989 (extract) Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man 1952 (extract) Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities1987 (extract) Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 1925 (extract) Breat Easton Ellis: American Psycho 1991 (extract) Ambrose Bierce: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) Kurt Vonnegut: “Runaways” from Bagambo Snuff Box1999 Theodore Dreisser: Sister Carrie 1900 (extracts) Selected poems of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath
Secondary sources:
Bode, Carl. Highlights of American Literature. Washington : United States Information Agency, 1983. Bradbury, Malcolm. From Puritanism to Postmodernism. New York: Viking Penguin 2001. Gray, Richard, A History of American Literature. Oxford: Blackwell 2006. High, Peter B., An Outline of American Literature. London: Longman 2007. Procházka, Martin. Lectures on American Literature. Praha: UK, Karolinum 2011. Wilson, Ken. Ideas & Issues. Upper-intermediate. London: Chancerel, 2001.
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (15.03.2017)
III. Course structure + reading assignments:
02/03 Introduction, General Course Outline 09/03 Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr Ripley 1955 (extract) 16/03 Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiographyof Benjamin Franklin 1771 - 1790(extracts) 23/03 Amy Tan: The Joy Luck Club 1989 (extract) 30/03 Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man 1952 (extract) 06/04 Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities1987 (extract) 13/04 Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 1925 (extract) 20/04 Breat Easton Ellis: American Psycho 1991 (extract) 27/04 Ambrose Bierce: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) 4/05 Kurt Vonnegut: “Runaways” from Bagambo Snuff Box1999 11/05 Theodore Dreisser: Sister Carrie 1900 (extracts) 18/05 Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath: selected poems |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (15.03.2017)
IV. Course requirements: · preparation for and participation in weekly seminars (max. 2 absences), · a successful completion of the oral examination, which is an interpretation of a poem, a short story or an excerpt from fiction or nonfiction. |