UCJAMCA2 American Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 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
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJAMCA2/A: Tue 11:25–13:00 M10, M. Weiss
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 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
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Procházka, Martin, Quinn, Justin. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2011. info
  • Ruland, R. a Bradbury, M. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu: Dějiny americké literatury. 1998. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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