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Lecturer(s)
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Kalavská Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kohlová Petra, Mgr.
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Vít Ladislav, PhDr. Ph.D.
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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/BBRL1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: - active and informed participation in the seminars (most texts in Moodle). Failure to be able to discuss the texts assigned for each seminar will result in "absence". - three missed classes maximum FINAL EXAM - oral interview covering the content of BBRL1+BBRL2 - examination requirements: 1/ list and thorough knowledge of 5 literary works from British literature - 2 novels or short-story collections - 2 plays - 1 collection of poetry - The list shall be printed and submitted during the exam - The selection must not list texts studied for the seminars in their entirety nor items of popular literature 2/ familiarity with relevant passages from Paul Poplawski: English Literature in Context: a/ Medieval English - Literary Overview 30-45, Readings 64-85, b/ The Renaissance - Literary Overview 129-150, Readings 161-182, c/ The Restoration and 18th century - Literary Overview 218-236, Readings 251-268, d/ The Romantic Period - Literary Overview 293-312, Readings 333-351. e/ The Victorian Age - Literary Overview 387-412, Texts and Issues 413-439, Readings 440-456. f/ The Twentieth Century, 1901-1939 - Literary Overview 496-506, Texts and Issues 507-518, Readings 519-531. g/ The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, 1939-2015 - Literary Overview 566-582, Texts and Issues 583-593, Readings 594-608. 3/ familiarity with primary texts from BBRL1: a/ The Seafarer b/ Chaucer: selection from Canterbury Tales - General Prologue, Knight's Tale, Wife of Bath's Tale. c/ Wordsworth: Michael In case of remote learning: - online lectures and seminars in real time, respecting the schedule. Platform: MS Teams - materials for seminars available in Moodle (except for entire large texts, such as novels) - active participation in seminars - oral exam - online via MS Teams. Extent and requirements, the same as with face-to-face learning (see above)
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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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