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Lecturer(s)
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. 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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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. Elizabethan theatre: T. Kyd, Ch. Marlowe, B. Jonson. William Shakespeare. Metaphysical poetry: J. Donne, G. Herbert, J. Milton, A. Marwell. Restoration 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
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide a concise survey of the development of British literature. The seminars focus on analysis of works. Beside shorter literary texts (poems, short stories and extracts), students are requested to read one drama and 3 novels, which will be interpreted in the seminars.
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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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Recommended literature
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CARTER, R., McRAE, J. The Penguin Guide to English Literature: Britain and Ireland. London: Penguin. 1996.
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RONALD, C., McRAE, J. The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge. 2001.
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SANDERS, A. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford: OUP. 2004.
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Thornley, G.C., Roberts, G. (1993). An Outline of English Literature. Harlow.
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