| Course title | Contemporary British Literature |
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| Course code | KAA/BRL4 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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Course program (at the same time exam topics for this course) Výběrová zkouška z britské literatury BRL3 (britská literatura od počátku do r. 1800) nebo BRL4 (1950-2010). Zkouška se skládá ze dvou částí: A) literární historie, B) analýzy textu z programu kurzů BRL3 nebo BRL4. Z literární historie si student zvolí buď období od počátků do r. 1800 (BRL3) nebo období současné britské literatury (BRL4). Podrobné tematické okruhy ke zkoušce lze najít na moodle stránkách kurzů nebo na webových stránkách KAA. Při zkoušce z četby je třeba počítat s podrobnou analýzou tematických i formálních stránek vybraného díla (žánr, kompozice, fabule/syžet, vypravěč, prostředí, motivy a témata, hlavní a vedlejší postavy, charakteristika jazyka a stylu, symboličnost, význam díla v kontextu autorovy tvorby). Témata: BRL3 1. Old English/Anglo-Saxon Literature Authors: anonymous bards, Caedmon 2. Medieval English Literature Authors: Geoffrey Chaucer 3. William Shakespeare's plays and poetry 4. The Elizabethan Age and Jacobean Era Authors: Edmund Spenser, Walter Ralegh, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Donne, George Herbert, Sir John Suckling 5. The Puritan Revolution and John Milton: John Milton Authors: John Milton, Andrew Marvell 6. Restoration Period and its Aftermath Authors: William Wycherley, George Farquhar, John Dryden, Sir George Etherege 7. The Beginnings of Novel Authors: Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding 8. Notable Satirists Authors: Alexander Pope, John Gay, Jonathan Swift 9. Sentimentalism and Gothic Fiction Authors: Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe 10. Ladies in Literature Authors: Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Charlotte Lennox, Fanny Burney, Jane Austen (juvenilia only) 11. Eighteenth-century Drama Authors: John Gay, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith 12. Critical Miscelania Authors: Samuel Johnson, Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift BRL4 1. Post-War fiction: class consciousness and moral issues Authors: K. Amis, A. Sillitoe, J. Wain, A. Burgess, G. Greene, I. Murdoch, W. Golding 2. The sixties and seventies in British poetry Authors: Thom Gunn, E. Jennings, P. Larkin, T. Hughes, B. Bunting, R. Caddel, R. McGough, C. Raine 3. Gender and sexual identity in the novel Authors: L. Durrell, A. Carter, J. Winterson, A. Brookner, F. Weldon, A. Hollinghurst 4. Literary form and gothic, grotesque, fantasy and science fiction writing Authors: A. Carter: J. G. Ballard, B. Bainbridge, I. McEwan, K. Ishiguro, W. Self 5. Country, nature, and (sub)urban experience Authors: B. Bainbridge, M. Amis, P. Ackroyd, G. Swift, I. Murdoch, H. Kureishi, D. Lessing 6. Ethnic identity and multiculturalism in British fiction Authors: S. Rushdie, K. Ishiguro, Timothy Mo, V. S. Naipaul, Z. Smith, A. Levy, A. Roy 7. Post-War drama: tradition and experiment Authors: S. Beckett, J. Osborne, H. Pinter, A. Ayckbourn, T. Stoppard, A. Wesker, S. Kane 8. Contemporary poetry: schools, movements, and individuals Authors: D. Dunn, R. Crawford, J. Burnside, Liz Lochhead, P. Muldoon, P. Kavanagh, D. Thomas, B. Zephaniah, Carol Ann Duffy, F. Adcock, J. Kay, G. Nichols, J. Agard 9. The Post-modern canon: origins and developments Authors: J. Fowles, M. Amis, A.S. Byatt, Z. Smith 10. Fiction and drama in the new millennium Authors: I. McEwan, J. Barnes, H. Mantel, J. Banville, A. Smith. Playwrights: H. Barker, D. Hare, C. Churchill, E. Bond, D. Edgar, H. Brenton, S. Kane, M. Ravenhill 11. British humour and satire since 1950s Authors: K. Amis, D. Lodge, E. Waugh, B. Bainbridge, M. Spark, M. Amis I. McEwan 12. Outside the "Englishness": Welsh, Irish and Scottish literature Authors: M. Spark, I. Welsh, J. Kelman, A. Gray, S. O'Faolain, W. Trevor, B. Rubens, Raymond Williams, T. Azzopardi For each topic you should read at least 1 novel/drama, or 3 short stories/essays, or 10 poems.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The objective of the course is to introduce selected authors and major trends in British literature between 1960-2000 through analyses of selected novels, short stories, poetry and plays.
- An understanding of the development of literature and of the main genres in relation to social and cultural changes - An understanding of the specific character of literary representation - An understanding of the connections between the past and the present, mediated by literature - Developing an appreciation for the value of cultural heritage - Acquiring basic literary terminology and MLA bibliography norms - Greater competence in interpreting literary texts - Greater competence in structuring and writing essays - Development of the ability to take part in a scholarly discussion |
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none
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay, Student performance, Didactic Test
class attendance, panel presentation, 2 in-class essays (2-3 pages each), i.e. midterm and final essays, reading journal |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2017) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |