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Lecturer(s)
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Bubíková Šárka, doc. Ph.D.
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Kleprlík Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Colonial Literature. Puritanism: its literary influence. Literature of the Revolution and Enlightenment. Early 19th Century Fiction. "American Renaissance". 19th Century Poetry. Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism, Symbolism. Modernism, the Lost Generation. 20th Century Poetry. American Drama before WW II. Contemporary American Drama. The Beat Generation. Post-war Fiction, Postmodernism. Afro-American Literature. Native American and Other Ethnic Literatures.
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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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The course focuses on important milestones in the history of American fiction. Attention is also paid to the development of genres and to the specific features of American literature. Seminars center on analysis and discussion of assigned literary works selected in such a way as to provide a good insight not only into the traditional canon but also into the writing of American minorities.
The course develops the textual and literary analysis competence, the ability to place a literary text into its cultural context and the ability of critical approach to a literary text. Students will gain a general overview of the American literary tradition.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KAA/ULIA
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Work-related product analysis
Seminar attendance. Seminar presentation. Passing the final test.
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Recommended literature
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HILFER, T. American Fiction since 1940. Longman Group, 1992.
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LAUTER, P. The Heath Anthology of American Literature.. D.C. Heath Lexington, 1990.
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LEE, B. American Fiction 1865 ? 1940.. Longman Group, 1994.
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McMICHAEL, G. Anthology of American Literature. New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1993.
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PERKINS, G. The American Tradition in Literature. New York: Random House, 1985.
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RULAND, R.; BRADBURY, M. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu. Praha. MF, 1997.
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