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Lecturer(s)
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Vránková Kamila, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Heroic themes in Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature and their influence on contemporary fantasy 2. Shakespeare and Renaissance literature 3. The Age of Reason and the development of English novel (Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Richardson, Austen, English Gothic novel) 4. Romanticism as a response to Rationalism and an inspiration for Existentialism (Blake, the Lake School, Byron, Shelley, Keats) 5. Victorian literature (Ch. Dickens, sisters Brontë, E. Browning, G. Eliot, L. Carroll, A.C. Doyle, T. Hardy) 6. O. Wilde and G.B. Shaw 7. English literature at the beginning of the 20th century, modernism
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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)
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course will concentrate on particular works of English literature from its Anglo-Saxon roots to the beginning of the 20th century. Theoretical lectures are followed by practical seminars providing students with authentic texts, which can be used for a deeper knowledge of the subject as well us for a teaching practice.
Knowledge of particular authors and texts of English literature from its beginnings Knowlege of basic cultural and historical context Practical use of the texts, literary analysis and interpretation, discussion
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Prerequisites
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Upper-Intermediate English Knowledge of basic literary terminology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Essay, Analysis of creative work (musical, visual, literary), Interview
Exams in English language Activity during seminars, oral or written interpretation of a chosen text
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Recommended literature
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Anthony Burgess. English Literature. London: Longman group, 1991.
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John Hollander, Frank Kermode (eds.). The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. London: O.U.P., 1993.
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M. Procházka, Z. Stříbrný. Slovník spisovatelů (anglická-waleská lit.). Praha: Libri, 1996.
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Margaret Drabble. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: O.U.P.
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Martin Hilský. Shakespeare. Edice překladů. Praha: Atlantis.
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Zdeněk Stříbrný. Dějiny anglické literatury. Praha: Academia, 1987.
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