FPF:UCJAJNP005 Contemporary Anglophone Lit 1 - Course Information
UCJAJNP005 Contemporary Anglophone Literatures 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 - 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
- English language (programme FPF, AJnp)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces the main trends in contemporary English literature. Students will get acquainted with works of significant contemporary authors writing in English through their book production as well as film and TV adaptations. Students will discuss individual films, their episodes, characters and themes. Two seminars will be devoted to current topics in contemporary Anglo-American popular music.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to:
-identify and describe the main current literary currents
-analyze literary text - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to the course
- 2. Current Trends in Anglophone Literatures
- 3. Holocaust Writing 1
- 4. Holocaust Writing 2
- 5. Contemporary Women Writing 1
- 6. Contemporary Women Writing 2
- 7. Feminist Poetry 1
- 8. Feminist Poetry 2
- 9. Anglophone Dystopia and Adaptation 1
- 10. Anglophone Dystopia and Adaptation 2
- 11. Current Trends in Music 1
- 12. Current Trends in Music 2
- 13. Course summary
- Literature
- WEISS, Michaela. The Motif of Prison in Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last. In Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference. 2019. info
- WEISS, Michaela. Truthiness, Collectivity, and Overlapping Subjectivities: Margaret Atwood’s Take on Current Metamodern Trends in The Heart Goes Last. SKASE Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies. 2019, vol. 1, No 2, p. 11-20. ISSN 2644-5506. http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/SJLCS02/pdf_doc/02.pdf info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, seminar
- Assessment methods
- presentation, oral exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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