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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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Hoffmannová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Čipkár Ivan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Early Colonial Literature. The Birth of a Nation and a Rise of a National Literature. Myths, stories, legends. American Romanticism. American Gothic. Late Romanticism. Transcendentalism. New poetic voices of America (W. Whitman, E. Dickinson), realism, regionalism, naturalism, Lost generation, literature and war.
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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), Projection (static, dynamic), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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This course is designed to provide a survey of American literature from the early exploration and colonial writings to the first half of the twentieth century. The goal of this class is to enhance students´ ability to read critically and to place literary works into cultural and historical contexts.
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Prerequisites
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critical thinking, leading of discussion, presentation skills
KAJ/ULITQ and KAJ/AWRQ
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Student performance
Students are required: - to read on schedule; - to attend the class regularly; - to take an active role in class discussion. - fulfilling writing assassements
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Recommended literature
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Baym, N. et al. (2000). The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 1. New York.
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High, P. (1993). An Outline of American Literature. London: Longman.
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Procházka, Martin et. al. (2002). Lectures on American Literature. Praha.
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Richard Ruland, a Malcolm Bradbury. (1997). Od puritanismu k postmodernismu. Praha.
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