UIIABP0025 Text Interpretation 4

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
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 courses American literature 1 or Text Interpretation 2. It focuses on the development of American literature from the beginnings of the 20th century until now. Main attention is paid to the period of modernism. The course emphasizes the plurality of American literature and as such focuses largely on minority literature, especially African American and Jewish.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to define the main features of American literature, will have the knowledge of major American writers and works, will be able to analyze texts from various times and genres, and will be able to apply basic literary terms and use secondary sources.
Syllabus
  • 1. Harlem renaissance
  • 2. Founders of anglo-American modernism
  • 3. American modernism in poetry
  • 4. Southern literature
  • 5. Lost Generation
  • 6. American drama between the wars
  • 7. American Jewish literature
  • 8. American postwar prose
  • 9. Beat generation
  • 10. American postwar drama
  • 11. American postwar poetry
  • 12. American postmodernism
Literature
    required literature
  • Blades. 20th century American literature. New York, 2011. ISBN 978-1408266649. info
  • BERCOVITCH, Sacvan. The Cambridge history of American literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-139-05469-0. info
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm. The modern American novel. New ed. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1994. ISBN 978-0-14-017044-3. info
    recommended literature
  • Ruland, R. a Bradbury, M.:. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu: Dějiny americké literatury, Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998. info
  • HILSKÝ, M.; ZELENKA, M. (edd.). Od Poea k postmodernismu (Proměny americké prózy). Praha, 1993. info
  • ELLIOTT, Emory Martha, BANTA, A HOUSTON and BAKER. Columbia literary history of the United States. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0-231-05812-4. info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
Seminar attendance min. 75 %.
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2025.
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