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Course: History of American Literature II - Seminar

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Course title History of American Literature II - Seminar
Course code UAN/7SAM2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Machová Mariana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kovářová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Modernism The Harlem Renaissance Southern Gothic Postwar fiction Fiction in later 20th century African-American fiction Postmodernism Poetry in later 20th century Minority fiction

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course offers the introduction to the key works, authors and movements of American literature of the 20th century. The seminar further develops the themes introduced in the lecture. It is based on the students own reading experience: the core of the seminar is a discussion of selected texts, the students work in smaller groups, in which they discuss assigned topics and present the results in the seminar. The aim of the seminar is to encourage the students to independent work with the texts and to develop their interpretation skills.
The seminar will enhance the students abilities of literary analysis and interpretation.
Prerequisites
As the class is taught in English, the students are expected to have adequate language skills.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

Attendance (max. 3 absences) and active participation in class Leading 2 group discussions Written essay (1 revision)
Recommended literature
  • Primární texty dle sylabu.
  • The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 2007.
  • Beach, C. The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Bercovitch, Sacvan. The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 6, Prose writing : 1910-1950. 1st pub. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-49731-0.
  • Bercovitch, Sacvan. The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 7, Prose writing : 1940-1990. 1st pub. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  • Bradbury, M. The Modern American Novel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • Gray, R. A History of American Literature. 2nd edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
  • Gray, Richard. A Brief History of American Literature. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. 2011.
  • Hendin, J. (ed.). A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
  • Kalaidijan, W. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Longenbach, J. Modern Poetry After Modernism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Quinn, J. (ed.). Lectures on American Literature. Praha: Karolinum, 2011.
  • Ruland, R., Bradbury, M. From Puritanism to Postmodernism. A History of American Literature. London: Penguin Books, 1991.
  • Ward, G. The Writing of America. Literature and Cultural Identity from the Puritans to the Present. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 13.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026