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Lecturer(s)
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Nagy Ladislav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Jajtner Tomáš, Mgr. Th.D., Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Daniel Defoe and the Rise of the Novel 2. Samuel Richardson 3. Henry Fielding 4. Novel in Romanticism Gothic Novel and Frankenstein 5. Emily Bronte 6. Charlotte Bronte 7. Charles Dickens 8. George Eliot 9. Thomas Hardy 10. James Joyce 11. Kingsley Amis 12. John Fowles 13. Julian Barnes 14. Martin Amis
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of the course is to familiarise students with the development of the novel in English literature. Special attention will be paid to change of narrative techniques, philosophical background and changing status of the novel. Topics 1. Introduction and practical matters Introductory Lecture: The Novel as a Genre: Tentative Beginnings and the Mystery of its Success 2. The Rise of the Novel in the Late 17th Century 3. Eighteenth-Century English Novelists I - D. Defoe 4. Eighteenth-Century English Novelists II - H. Fielding and S. Richardson 5. Sentimental Novel - O. Goldsmith 6. Romantic Inspirations - the Rise of Gothic Novel (M. Shelley) 7. The Novel and the Victorians I - sisters Brontës 8. Modernist Novel - D. H. Lawrence 9. Twentieth-Century Novel - G. Greene (The Power and the Glory) 10. Late Twentieth-Century Novel - I. McEwen (The Cement Garden) 11. English Novel Today 12. Conclusion and evaluation
Comprehensive knowlege of the English novel
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Prerequisites
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Basic knowledge of English literature, knowlege of English at C1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay
Active participation in class, essay of 2,500 words.
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Recommended literature
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All literature will be made available to students via Moodle in digital form..
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Hale Dorothy J. The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory. 2005.
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McKeon Michael. Theory of the Novel: A Historical Approach. 2000.
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Richetti John. The Columbia History of the British Novel. 1994.
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Watt Ian. The Rise of the Novel. 2001.
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