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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Victorian Poetry: A. Tennyson, R. Browning, E. Browning, M. Arnold. Text: selection of Victorian poetry. Victorian Prose: C. Dickens, W.M. Thackeray, G. Eliot, T. Hardy. Text: E. Bronte: Wuthering Heights. Victorian and Edwardian Drama: O. Wilde, G.B. Shaw. Text: O. Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest. Early 20th Century Writing: Colonies and World War I in Literature. Text: R. Kipling, W. Owen, I. Rosenberg. Early 20th Century Writing: Modernism. Text: selection of poetry & prose by E. Pound, T.S. Eliot, J. Joyce, V. Woolf. Postwar Prose: G. Orwell, K. Amis, W. Golding. Text: W. Golding: Lord of the Flies. Poetry since 1945. Text: selection of poetry by J. Betjeman, P. Larkin, T. Harrison, S. Heaney, S. Plath. Postwar and Contemporary Drama: Angry Young Men, Absurd Drama, S. Beckett, H. Pinter, E. Bond, T. Stoppard. Text: J. Osborne: Look back in Anger. Contemporary Literature: Ethnic Writing: T. Mo, K. Ishiguro, H. Kureishi, Z. Smith. Text: selection of prose and poetry by S. Rushdie, B. Zephaniah. Contemporary Literature: Women Writers: F. Weldon, M. Spark, S. Hill. Text: short prose by F. Weldon. Postmodernism: Trends and Poetics: J. Fowles, B.S. Johnson, D. Lodge. Text: J. Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman. Contemporary Novel. Texts: M. Bradbury, D. Lodge, J. Barnes, I. McEwan. Text: G. Swift: "Seraglio".
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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)
- Participation in classes
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 40 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 70 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course is a continuation of British literature I (BRLI1). Therefore, it focuses on the period of British literature from the end of the 18th century until the present. The aim of the course is to provide, in chronological order, overview of and introduction to main authors, their works, and specificities of individual periods, trends, and their overlap; all in a broader context of political and cultural background. A special emphasis is placed on the more recent works of the 20th century. Seminars complement the lectures in that they encourage application of theoretical knowledge on primary representative texts, their interpretation and analysis in the context of historical and cultural background introduced in the lectures.
Students will acquire socio-cultural, textual and analytical kompetence in literary areas. They will be able to work approach materials critically in a context extending beyond the boundaries of literature, which is a necessary prerequisite for their further independent work.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KAA/BRLI1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Active participation full acquaintance with study materials (available in Moodle) Exam interview: 1/ a reading list of 5 items of British Literature - 1 poetry collection, 2 novels/short story collections, 2 plays - for the exam. The selection must not include texts discussed in the seminars unless only a part was discussed. 2/ detailed knowledge of relevant parts of Paul Poplawski: English Literature in Context (compulsory textbook). The Victorian Age, 1832-1901 (podkapitoly: Literary overview, Texts and Issues, Readings) The Twentieth Century, 1901-1939 (podkapitoly: Literary overview, texts and issues, Readings) The Twentieth Century, 1939-2004 (podkapitoly: Literary overview, texts and issues, Readings) in case of remote teaching - lectures and seminars are online in real time respecting the schedule through MS Teams. - materials for seminars available in Moodle (except for book-length texts) - active participation in seminars - Exam interview - online through MS Teams. Requirements: 1/ a reading list of 5 items of British Literature - 1 poetry collection, 2 novels/short story collections, 2 plays - for the exam. The selection must not include texts discussed in the seminars unless only a part was discussed. 2/ detailed knowledge of relevant parts of Paul Poplawski: English Literature in Context (compulsory textbook)
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Recommended literature
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DRABBLE, Margaret, ed. The Oxford companion to English literature. 6th ed.. KATALOG-UPA. Oxford: OUP, 1998. ISBN 0-19-866233-5.
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GREENBLATT, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume. II.. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.
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Childs, Peter. Modernism. New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-41544-6.
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INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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McHALE, Brian. The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Poplawski, Paul. English literature in Context. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-54928-8.
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