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Lecturer(s)
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Babická Blanka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Anténe Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Čipkár Ivan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Realism and Naturalism. Women´s literature. From Imagism to postmodernism (poetry of 20th centry). Harlem Renaissance. Lost generation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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This course is designed to provide a survey of American literature in the 20th century. Significant poetry, drama and prose works will be studied. The goal of this course is to enhance students' ability to read critically, by the term's end, students should be familiar with different literary periods, the writers most associated with them and with the aims of a particular movement or school of thoughts. By the end of the semester students will be familiar with various literary genres and with the terms and expressions necessary for analyzing a literary text. Course requirements to receive credits: to read and study assigned texts at home, to participate actively in the class discussions, to pass short tests in the course of the semester, to write an essay. There will be oral colloquium at the end of the semester.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Essay, Student performance
Students are required: - to read on schedule; - to attend the class regularly; - to take an active role in class discussion; - to pass a colloquy.
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Recommended literature
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Baym, N. et al. (2000). The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 2. New York.
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High, P. (1993). An Outline of American Literature. London: Longman.
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Procházka, Martin et. al. (2002). Lectures on American Literature. Praha.
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Richard Ruland, a Malcolm Bradbury. (1997). Od puritanismu k postmodernismu. Praha.
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