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Course: Contemporary American literature for teachers of English

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Course title Contemporary American literature for teachers of English
Course code KAJ/KMAL@
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kaščáková Janka, doc. Mgr. PhD.
  • Flajšar Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
survey of American literature from 1945 to the present

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course aims to broaden the knowledge of the students about contemporary American literature. Attention is paid especially to text analysis. After finishing this course, students will be able to: - find their bearings within the field of contemporary American literature, based on theoretical knowledge and their own reading of selected contemporary playwrights, poets and fiction writers - understand the socio-cultural context for the production and subsequent analysis of a work of literature - work with a literary text as a source of cultural, social and historical information and attitudes - select texts suitable for use in English language teaching - proceed correctly with text use in English language teaching

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work, Written exam

-attendance -assigned readings -participation at class discussions -a written test based on readings -written teaching plan using a selected work of American Literature in ELT Individual study plan -students with an Individual Study Plan will, in compensation for the course attendance, submit a presentation in MS Powerpoint (10-25 slides, specification of the presentation is in the Moodle page of the course and in the course sylabus file), other course credit requirements are unchanged (the final written test, and so on) and will be met by the student in a format subject to approval by the instructor
Recommended literature
  • CUDDON, J. A., and M. A. R. Habib. (2014). The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London.
  • Gray, Richard. (2011). A History of American Literature. Malden, MA.
  • KENNEDY, X. J., and Dana GIOIA. (2016). Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. 13th ed.. New York.
  • Levine, Robert S. (gen. ed.). (2012). The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter Eighth Edition. New York.
  • Quinn, Justin, ed. (2011). Lectures in American Literature. 3rd ed.. Praha.
  • Ruland, Richard, and Malcolm Bradbury. (2016). From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. Abingdon.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English in Lower Secondary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching English for Lower Secondary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 25.01.2025 23:59. Data created for academic year 2024/2025