UCJAP017 English Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/6. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA
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 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
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Oliveriusová, E. a kol.:. Dějiny anglické literatury, 1. vydání, Praha: SPN, 1988. info
  • Stříbrný, Z.:. Dějiny anglické literatury 2, 1. vydání, Praha: Academia, 1988. info
  • Burgess, A.:. English Literature, Harlow: Longman, 1991. info
  • Hilský, Martin:. Modernisté, Praha: Torst, 1995. info
  • Hilský, Martin:. Současný britský román. info
  • Sanders, A.:. The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 6 HOD/SEM.
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 Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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