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Course: Identity in Literature

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Course title Identity in Literature
Course code KAA/KILI
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Roebuck Olga, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The seminar is devoted to the development of national and other identities in literature. The whole term is built on the Scottish environment, which serves as a case study. This national literature offers a number of themes that are valid for other national literatures (including Czech). It is interesting to analyse the development of Scottish literary expression as that of minority literature and to search for the expression of national values concerning the language, culture and national awareness. Course participants gain or apply information related to the development of cultural awareness. The seminar develops the students´ skills in textual analysis and in researching primary and secondary sources in English.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Independent critical reading - 20 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 15 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 16 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 46 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 15 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The seminar uses Scottish literature as a case study for the development of minority culture identities. Comparative approach provides sufficient space for assessing the students´ own culture.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Person-to-person teaching mode: Students actively participate in seminars with the prepared analysis of the respective texts to enrich in-class discussions. Final presentation of a selected work of Scottish literature using the cultural theories dicsussed during the term. Distance learning: Students actively participate in seminars with the prepared analysis of the respective texts to enrich in-class discussions via MS Teams. Final presentation of a selected work of Scottish literature using the cultural theories dicsussed during the term. Presentation sessions take place via MS Teams.
Recommended literature
  • CARRUTHERS, G. Beyond Scotland. Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, 2004.
  • CARRUTHERS, G. Scottish Literature.. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
  • Crawford, R. Scotland´s Books: The Penguin History of Scottish Literature.. London: Penguin, 2007.
  • Kravitz , Peter. The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction. London: Picador, 1997.
  • MARCH, C. Rewriting Scotland. Manchester University Press, 2002.
  • Roebuck, Olga. ?Scotland, Living Dualities ? historical development of identity construction.?. Theatrum Historiae 12. 2013.
  • SMITH, A. National Identity. London: Penguin, 1991.
  • SMITH, A. The Ethnic Origins of Nation. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
  • WALLACE, G.; R. STEVENSON. The Scottish Novel since the Seventies. Edinburgh University Press, 1994.


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