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Lecturer(s)
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Nagy Ladislav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topics Kingsley Amis and the Angry Young Men Lawrence Durrell and the post-war diaspora Philip Larkin and The Movement Postwar drama Ted Hughes's poetry Anthony Powell and a Different View of Britain B. S. Johnson and experimental literature of the 1960s John Fowles Harold Pinter and the Absurd Drama
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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This seminar is focused on British literature in the late twentieth century which it attempts to survey comprehensively, i.e. fiction, poetry and rama. The course is conceived chronologically from WWII to the end of the century and it attempts to capture mainy development lines and tendencies.
Participants of the course will get an overview about the late 20th century British literature.
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Prerequisites
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The C1 level of English, a basic knowledge of the history of British literature.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Student performance assessment
Active participation in the seminar, an essay of 2,500 words.
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Recommended literature
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Acheson, J., Ross, S. The Contemporary British Novel Since 1980. Londýn: Palgrave, 2006.
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Bickley, P. Contemporary Fiction: The Novel since 1990. Cambridge: CUP, 2008.
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Bickley, P. Contemporary Fiction: The Novel since 1990. Cambridge: CUP, 2008.
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Boccardi, M. The Contemporary British Historical Novel. Londýn: Palgrave, 2009.
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Bradbury, M. The Novel Today: Contemporary Writers on Modern Fiction. Londýn: Penguin, 1990.
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Bradford, R. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Londýn: Maxmillian, 2006.
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Head, D. Modern British Fiction 1950?2000. Cambridge: CUP, 2002.
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Leader, Z. On Modern British Fiction. Oxford: OUP, 2002.
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Stevenson, R. The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 12: The Last of England?: 1960?2000. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
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Tew, P. The Contemporary British Novel. Cambridge: CUP, 2007.
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