Course: Chapters from Irish Culture

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Course title Chapters from Irish Culture
Course code KAA/IS00
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Livingstone David, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Each semester will be dedicated to a particular Irish theme or author - e.g., Irish theatre, Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats, etc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes

- An understanding of the development of literature and of the main genres in relation to the 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-Chicago bibliography norms - Greater competence for interpretation of literary texts - Greater competence for structuring and writing essays - Development of competence for a scholarly discussion
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Essay, Systematic Observation of Student

Credit - Active participation, reading, essay of a length of 6 pages, test.
Recommended literature
  • Irish Drama.
  • Beckett, S. (1990). The complete dramatic works. London: Faber and Faber.
  • Carter, Ronald, and John McRae. (2001). The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London.
  • Kelleher, Margaret and O'Leary, Philip. (2006). The Cambridge History of Irish Literature.
  • Procházka, Martin, et al. Slovník spisovatelů: anglická literatura. Praha.
  • Sanders, Andrew. (2004). The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford.
  • Yeats, W. B., & Albright, D. (1992). The poems. London: Campbell.
  • Yeats, W. B. (1981). A vision. London: Macmillan.
  • Yeats, W. B. (1953). The collected plays. London: Macmillan.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2015) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English for Translators and Interpreters (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Philology (2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -