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Lecturer(s)
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Vít Ladislav, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Critical Realism and the Short Story: J. Galsworthy. Naturalism and the Short Story: G. Gissing. Exotic and Colonial Story: R.L. Stevenson, R. Kipling, J. Conrad. Detective, Horror and Mystery Story: J.S. Le Fanu, H.G. Wells, W. De La Mare. Early 20th century Short Story Experiments. D.H. Lawrence: the Preacher of Love. The 'Greeneland' of Graham Greene. Post-modern Short Story. Postcolonial Short Story. Women Story-tellers and the Feminist Short Story: F. Weldon, R. Tremain, B. Bainbridge. Short Story and Magic Realism.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course provides a critical overview of the British and Irish short story from its Victorian beginnings until the present day. It will deal with a genre that ranks among the most recent in western literary history, yet its roots reach back to ancient times and oral folklore. The course will focus on the metamorphosis of the short story in terms of its thematic and formal features, all on a cultural and historical backcloth.
Students will acquire textual and analytical literary competence in a specific literary genre. Students will acquire insight into specific structural aspects of the genre: the seminars will employ close reading and aspects of narratology. The overall output is the cultivation of students' critical thought and their appreciation of literary work.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KAA/ULIA
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Student performance assessment
- Attendance (maximum of 3 missed classes) - Active participation and preparation of assigned texts before the seminars - Presentation of an assigned project - Oral interview
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Recommended literature
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BRADBURY, M. The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories. London : Penguin Books Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0140063064.
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FLORA, J.M. The English Short Story 1880-1945: A Critical History. Boston, Mass. : Twayne, 1985.
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MAY, C. E. The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice. London : Routledge, 2002.
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OREL, H. The Victorian Short Story: Development and Triumph of a Literary Genre. Cambridge : CUP, 1986.
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VANNATTA, D. The English Short Story, 1945-1980: A Critical History. Boston, Mass. : Twayne, 1985.
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