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Lecturer(s)
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Livingstone David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Siedloczek Marian, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Roztočil Tomáš, Mgr.
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Dvořáková Šárka, Mgr.
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Woock Elizabeth Allyn, Mgr. PhD.
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Peprník Michal, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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Faces of Evil (spring 2025) ?The most intriguing character in Paradise Lost, as we all know from our reading, is Satan. Now, was Milton trying to tell us that being bad is more fun than being good?? (Donald Sutherland in National Lampoon Animal House) The question how evil entered the world is one of the oldest and most persistent topics in literature. But while literary texts were supposed not only to teach and offer moral guidance to their respective readerships but also to entertain, villains were, and are, frequently far more interesting and fascinating than the rather bland and virtuous heroes and heroines. This seminar will offer a survey of evil in the history of British and American literature with special consideration of the religious, philosophical, legal, medical, scientific and not least aesthetic concepts which inform the literary depiction of evil throughout the ages. In the first section we will first try to establish a general understanding of the concept of evil. We will then discuss: Shakespeare?s Richard III Act I, Milton?s Paradise Lost Book 1+2, and From the Newgate Calendar: ?Jonathan Wild? (one of the most infamous criminals in the early 18th century). The rest of the syllabus will be decided on in the first session. Here is a list of further books, some of which we may choose to read ? though others are also possible: John Polidori: The Vampyre (definitely) Excerpts from the Marquis de Sade, Dickens, Balzac, Dostoevski Cynthia Ozick, ?The Shawl? Martin Amis: Time?s Arrow Alan Moore: The Killing Joke (Batman) Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley Thomas Harris Red Dragon or Val McDermid The Mermaids Singing
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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)
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 15 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 65 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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KAL3, spring semester2024/25, Science Fiction Roztočil Wednesday 8:00 The aim of this course is to develop students' knowledge and skills useful in literary texts analysis. Students will apply various theoretical approaches to analysis of the contemporary genre fiction. The course specifically aims to develop their argumentation and interpretation skills in both written and spoken form. Furthermore, the course aims to immerse students into contemporary modes of discussion in the field of literary studies with the inevitable inclusion of interdisciplinary sources and perspectives. SF/WEIRD: Speculative Fiction Reading and Theory in the spring semester 2025, the course on Sci-Fi and (New)Weird will take place in the form of a block seminar. We will cover the essentials during the first three weeks of the semester and the rest of the semester will take place in a hybrid form, through a couple of online classes and discussions published on public student-made blog. The first class will take place on Thursday, February 13 in two parts: 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00, second class on Thursday, February 20 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. We will schedule the third session during our seminars. Since this is a block seminar, the 100% attendance during the first weeks is necessary (no exceptions) and students should be aware that there will be a considerable amount of reading, writing, and other forms of independent work assigned during the semester.
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Prerequisites
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- Successful completion of KAA/UL00 - Solid knowledge of the English language (B2+) - Interest in interdisciplinarity and genre literature
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
- Successful completion of KAA/UL00 - Solid knowledge of the English language (B2+) - Completing all assigned reading and viewing - Physical presence in class (not more than 2 absences) - Participation in class discussions - A short final paper
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Recommended literature
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Cresswell, Tim. (2004). Place: A Short Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
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Gillis, John R. (2004). Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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