Course: British Literature I

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Course title British Literature I
Course code KAA/BRLI1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Vít Ladislav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Old English Literature: Folklore. Texts: riddles, charms. Old English Literature: Heroic epic and elegies. Texts: Beowulf, Wife's Lament. Early Medieval Poetry and Prose. Texts: Arthurian legends. Late Medieval Poetry and Prose. Texts: G. Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. Early Renaissance Poetry and Prose. Texts: T. More, T. Wyatt, H. Howard. Elizabethan Poetry and Prose. Texts: P. Sidney, W. Shakespeare, Sir W. Raleigh. Medieval and Early Renaissance Drama. Texts: C. Marlowe. Shakespeare and Drama until the Civil War. Texts: W. Shakespeare. Poetry and Prose 1600 - 1660. Texts: F. Bacon, B. Jonson, J. Donne, G. Herbert, R. Herrick, J. Milton. Restoration Literature and Classicism. Texts: J. Dryden, A. Pope, S. Johnson. Beginnings of the Novel. Texts: J. Addison, R. Steele, D. Defoe, J. Swift, H. Fielding. Sentimentalism and Pre-Romanticism. Texts: S. Richardson, L. Sterne, E. Young, T. Gray.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to classic works, authors and periods of British literature from its beginnings until the 18th century (following periods under focus in BRLI2). Lectures provide a chronological overview of individual phases of literary development, their specific features and overlap. Seminars complement the lectures and stress reading of representative materials, their analysis and interpretation in the context of not only British literature, but also cultural and socio-political events.
Students will acquire textual and analytical literary competence in literary areas. In terms of learning competences, they will acquire an overview of the historical development of British literature, main authors and works, together with their contextualization within the period of their making. Regular guided analyses of seminary texts establish the ability to work with literary works independently and critically.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KAA/ULIA

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

- Attendance (3 missed classes max.) - Active participation preparation for seminars - Cooperation in a team presentation (40%) - Final written test/pair interview (ability to discuss 4 assigned primary texts [for details see "study materials" file "course_concept.doc"] + theoretical knowledge, 60%)
Recommended literature
  • ABRAMS, M.H. (Ed.). The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume. I. 6th ed.. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1993. ISBN 0-393-96288-1.
  • POPLAWSKI, Paul. English Literature in Context. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ISBN 9780521549288.
  • PROCHÁZKA, M. Slovník spisovatel?: Anglická literatura .. waleská literatura. Praha : Libri, 1996. ISBN 80-85983-04-4.
  • Sanders, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-926338-8.
  • STŘÍBRNÝ, Z. Dějiny anglické literatury, Díl 1.. Praha : Academia, 1987. ISBN 21-030-87/01.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer