UCJAAMP1 American short story

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course follows the development of American short story of the 19th and 20th centrury. It introduces the works of the most influential representatives of the genre. The main emphasis is placed on the practical text analysis, rather than theory. The subject reflects the pluralistic nature of American short story, including realistic, detective, horror, feminist or postmodern texts. 1. Washington Irving 2. Ambrose Bierce 3. Nathaniel Hawthorne 4. Herman Melville 5. E.A. Poe 6. Mark Twain 7. Kate Chopin 8. Jack London 9. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 10. Henry James 11. Sherwood Anderson 12. F.S. Fitzgerald Literature: Burgess, A.: English Literature, Harlow: Longman, 1991. Podroužková, L. (ed.): A Reader in British Literature, 1. vydání, Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2001. Sanders, A.: The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.
Syllabus
  • 1. Washington Irving
    2. Ambrose Bierce
    3. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    4. Herman Melville
    5. E.A. Poe
    6. Mark Twain
    7. Kate Chopin
    8. Jack London
    9. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    10. Henry James
    11. Sherwood Anderson
    12. F.S. Fitzgerald
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Procházka, M. a kol.:. Lectures on American Literature, Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002. info
  • Brown. Ethnicity and the American Short Story. New York, 2013. info
  • Oates, Joyce Carol. The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. New York, 2013. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Regular attendance to the seminars, reading of the assigned texts and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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