UCJAGLI2 English Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UCJAGLI2/A: Thu 9:45–11:20 M10, L. Práger
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 up on English Literature 1. It focuses on the period of English Literature form Romanticism till the present. It focuses more closely on the development and shape of British Romanticism and its influence on European and American Literature, and on literature written during the reign of the Queen Victoria. Significant amount of attention is also paid to Modernism in prose, poetry and drama in the context of European and American Modernism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Romanticism: first generation
    2. Romanticism: second generation
    3. Victorian Novel: Realism
    4. Victorian Novel: Post-Romanticism
    5. Victorian Poetry
    6. Colonial Literature
    7. Drama at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century
    8. Modernism: Joyce, D.H. Lawrence
    9. Modernism: Bloomsbury Group
    10. Post-War British Prose
    11. Post-War British Drama
    12. Post-War British Poetry Literatura: Burgess, A.: English Litearture, Harlow: Longman, 1991. Hilský, Martin: Modernisté, Praha: Torst, 1995 Hilský, Martin: Současný britský román Oliveriusová, E. a kol.: Dějiny anglické literatury, Praha: SPN, 1988. Sanders, A.: The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Stříbrný, Z.: Dějiny anglické literatury 2, Praha: Academia, 1988. Seminar reading: see Moodle. Each topic is covered by compulsory reading of one longer text (a novel, a novella, a play) or five selected poems or three selected short stories.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Practical mastery of the subject will be tested by a written exam based on the texts analyzed.
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 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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