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KAA / BBRL2
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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BBRL2
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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British Literature II
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
1
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / 80
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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KAA/BRLI2
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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KAA/BBRL1
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Meet all prerequisites before registering
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YES
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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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.
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Requirements on student
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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:
- Medieval English (subchapters: Literary Overview 33-49, Texts and Issues 50-72)
- The Renaissance (subchapters: Literary Overview 145-170, Texts and Issues 170-183)
- The Restoration and 18th century (subchapters: Literary overview 243-264, Readings 281-300)
- The Romantic Period (subchapters: Literary Overview 327-349, 373-392)
+ from the second edition (blue cover)
- The Victorian Age, 1832-1901 (subchapters: Literary overview 387-412, Texts and Issues 413-439, Readings 440-456)
- The Twentieth Century, 1901-1939 (subchapters: Literary overview 496-506, Texts and Issues 507-518, Readings 519-531)
- The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, 1939-2015 (subchapters: 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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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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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Poplawski, Paul. English literature in Context. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-54928-8.
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Basic:
GREENBLATT, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume. II.. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.
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Basic:
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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Recommended:
INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Recommended:
Childs, Peter. Modernism. New York : Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-41544-6.
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Recommended:
McHALE, Brian. The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Účast na výuce
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39
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Domácí příprava na výuku
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70
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Příprava na zkoušku
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40
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Total
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149
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Assessment methods |
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