UCJCA124 American Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course follows the American literature 1. It focuses on the development of American literature from the early 20th century to the present. Great emphasis is placed on the techniques of pre-modernism and modernism. This course aims to show the diversity of American literature, much of it is devoted to the literatures of cultures outside the mainstream, mainly American Jewish and African-American literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Harlem Renaissance
    2. The founders of Anglo-American Modernism
    3. American Modernism in Poetry
    4. Southern Literature
    5. The Lost Generation
    6. American Drama Between the Wars
    7. American Jewish Literature
    8. American Postwar Prose
    9. The Beat Generation
    10. American Postwar Drama
    11. Postwar American Poetry
    12. American Postmodernism
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Regular attendance to the seminars, presentation/essay and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
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