UCJAAPK1 American short story

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Diana Adamová, 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 (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
The course follows the development of American short story of the 19th and 20th centrury. It introduces the works of the most influential representatives of the genre. The main emphasis is placed on the practical text analysis, rather than theory. The subject reflects the pluralistic nature of American short story, including realistic, detective, horror, feminist or postmodern texts. 1. Washington Irving 2. Ambrose Bierce 3. Nathaniel Hawthorne 4. Herman Melville 5. E.A. Poe 6. Mark Twain 7. Kate Chopin 8. Jack London 9. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 10. Henry James 11. Sherwood Anderson 12. F.S. Fitzgerald Reading in seminar: 1. John Barth - Lost in the Funhouse 2. John Cheever - The Swimmer 3. Ralph Ellison - King of the Bingo Game 4. Joyce Carol Oates - In the Region of Ice 5. Katherine Anne Porter - Flowering Judas 6. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 7. Eudora Welty - Worn Path 8. Richard Wright - The Man Who Was Almost a Man Literature: McQuade, D. (ed.): The Harper American Literature, New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Procházka, M. a kol.: Lectures on American Literature, Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002. Ruland, R. a Bradbury, M.: Od puritanismu k postmodernismu: Dějiny americké literatury, Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998.
Syllabus
  • 1. Washington Irving
    2. Ambrose Bierce
    3. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    4. Herman Melville
    5. E.A. Poe
    6. Mark Twain
    7. Kate Chopin
    8. Jack London
    9. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    10. Henry James
    11. Sherwood Anderson
    12. F.S. Fitzgerald
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
https://elearning.fpf.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=1075
Regular attendance to the seminars, presentation/essay and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
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