| Course title | British Literature |
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| Course code | KAJ/KBL1Q |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lesson |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | unspecified |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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Old English literature: G. Chaucer, W. Langland, J. Wyckliffe, T. Malory. Elizabethan period, its poetry and Sir T. Wyatt, Earl of Surrey, E. Spenser, Sir P. Sidney, B. Jonson, W. Shakespeare, T. More. J. Lyly, F. Bacon. Elizabetahn theatre? T. Kyd, Ch. Marlowe, B. Jonson. William Shakespeare. Metaphysical poetry: J. Donne, G. Herbert, J. Milton, A. Marwell. Reatoration drama and prose: J. Dryden, W. Congreve, R.B. Sheridan, J. Bunyan, J. Locke. Age of Reason:. A. Pope, Dr. Johnson, J. Swift, O. Goldsmith. Development of the English novel: D. Defoe, J. Swift, S. Richardson, H. Fielding, L. Stern. Romantic poetry: W. Blake, R. Burns, W. Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge.,Lord Byron, P.B. Shelley, J. Keats. Novelists at the beginning of 19th cent.: J. Austen, W. Scott. Victorian novel and poetry
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook) |
| Learning outcomes |
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This course will be conducted as a combination of lectures and seminars. The lectures will provide a concise survey of the development of British literature, from medieval literature to the end of the 19th century. The following seminars will introduce students to a representative selection of literary texts and develop their critical skills when analysing these texts. Students are required to study on their own and also read compulsory books and other recommended literary works.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
Students are required: to read on schedule (shorter texts: short stories or poems and also several novels), participate actively in class discussions, read recommended books in English and be prepared to discuss them with the teacher, write an essay. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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