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Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (05.02.2018)
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Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (05.02.2018)
Doporučená literatura:
Eagleton, T. Literary Theory: An Introduction, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1983 Haus, C. H., Scholes R., Comley, N. R., Silverman, M. Elements of Literature: Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 Heinig, R. B. Improvisation with Favorite Tales. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1992 Holman, C.H., Harmon, W. A Handbook to Literature, 5th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986 Kravis, J., (Ed.) Teaching Literature: Writers and Teachers Talking. Cork: Cork UP, 1995
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Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (15.03.2018)
1. ACHETYPAL STORY REFASHIONING Andrew Lang: The Blue Fairy Book: “Beauty and the Beast” (1889) + Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories: “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” (1979) FOCUS: fairy tale, postmodernist refashioning of archetypal story
2. POSTCOLONIAL DEFAMILIARISATION Nadine Gordimer: “Once Upon a Time” (1989) + “The Ultimate Safari” (1989) from Jump and Other Stories (1991) FOCUS: Postcolonial literature, irony, defamiliarisation
3. HISTORY AND HIS STORY Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “A Private Experience” (2008) + “The Headstrong Historian” (2008) FOCUS: HISTORY vs. HIS STORY
4. TRADITION VS. MODERNITY Anita Desai: “Studies in the Park” (1978) + Witi Ihimaera: “The Whale” (1972) Focus: tradition and modernity
5. ROMANCE ALTERATION Tennessee Williams: “The Field of Blue Children” (1937) + Kurt Vonnegut: “Runaways” (1961) Focus: Romance as generic writing formula (cliché)
6. AMBIGUOUS NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE Ambrose Bierce: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) Focus: ambiguous narrative perspective
7. LITERARY MINIMALISM Ernest Hemingway: “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927) + Henry Lawson: “The Drover’s Wife” (1896) Focus: literary minimalism
8. THE CONCRETE CHARACTER OF POETIC LANGUAGE Sylvia Plath, Elisabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin: selected poems Focus: the concrete character of poetic language
9. COMPLEX SIMPLICITY ee cummings, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost: selected poems Focus: complex simplicity
10. SPACE AND IDENTITY Doris Lessing: “To Room Nineteen” (1963) and Fay Weldon: “Weekend” (1978, 2009) Focus: space and identity |
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Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (15.03.2018)
The Moodle version of the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5979. |