FPF:UCJAGLI1 English Literature 1 - Course Information

UCJAGLI1 English Literature 1

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA (lecturer)
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

• English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B1803 InDO)
• English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
• English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B7310 Filo)

Course objectives

The course covers the period of English literature from the beginnings till Romanticism. It focuses on classic texts of English literature, such as The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, and the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama. The main stress is on the poetic and dramatic output of William Shakespeare in the context of literature of English Renaissance. Last but not least, the course will deal with the development of satire and the origins of the novel.

Syllabus

• 1. Middle English Literature
  2. Elizabethan Poetry and Drama
  3. Shakespeare: sonnets
  4. Shakespeare: comedies and historical plays
  5. Shakespeare: tragedies
  6. Metaphysical poets
  7. The Restoration
  8. Political Prose in the 18th Century
  9. Poetry in the 18th Century
  10. Origins of the Novel
  11. Pre-Romanticism
  12. Romanticism

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

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.

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