| Course title | Regional Literature |
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| Course code | KAA/BRLIT |
| 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-optional |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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Defining region and regionalism; Mark Twain's "Cannibalism in the Cars" The bleakness of England: T. Hardy Wessex Tales. Ireland: family, nationalism, and religion: Edna O'Brien A Fanatic Heart Scotland - where have all the women gone?: James Kelman's "Greyhound for Breakfast". Wales - a sense of Cymru: L. Brito "Mama's Baby (Papa's Maybe)". Early clashing of cultures - the Creoles: J. Rhys, excerpt from Wide Sargasso Sea. Distant and overlooked - the US Northwest: B. Macdonald, excerpt from Egg and I. Nostalgia of the US South: Carson McCullers: The Ballad of the Sad Café. The Land of Lumberjacks? - Canada: M. Atwood Wilderness Tips. "I no trust dat haole.": Hawai'i: Gary Pak The Watcher of Waipuna and other stories updated outline in Moodle, texts available in Moodle
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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 goal of this seminar is to introduce its participants to regional literature in English. The analysis of the role of "genius loci" in literature is always connected with exploring the specific features of the given region. To some extent the contents of the seminar map the development of literary regionalism and so the reading list includes both older and contemporary works.
The students not only gain new information about various English speaking regions, but also get the chance to expand their reader horizons, as they will come into contact also with lesser known works or writers in English. Students will enhance their ability of literary text analysis and intercultural competence. |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
KAA/BJAC1 ----- or ----- KAA/BJAC2 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written examination, Work-related product analysis
Contact lessons: - students must carefully read the seminar texts (available in Moodle), 3 absences maximum - ACTIVE participation during seminars and discussions - Credit assignment: written Distance learning: - seminars take place in real time according to the schedule, via MS Teams platform - students must carefully read the seminar texts prior to the seminar (available in Moodle) and be prepared for their discussion - participation in online seminars is the same as in contact lessons (incl. ACTIVE participation in discussions) - Credit assignment: written |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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