Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (14.10.2020)
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the representative works of British Romanticism and Victorian period. The lectures are designed in order to provide social, cultural and theoretical context of the period. Seminars focus on the interpretation of canonical works of Romantic and Victorian poetry and fiction. The choice of literary works reflects their importance for the period and also the richness and variety of themes and approaches.
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (14.10.2020)
Cílem kurzu je seznámení s reprezentativními díly britského romantismu a viktoriánského románu a rozvíjení schopnosti texty analyzovat a interpretovat.
Descriptors
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (12.10.2020)
Distance learning in the literary part of the course will be taking place online, essentially in the form online lectures/seminars and consultations in MS Teamshttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a2d0c378bd3c141c4becc6c10e5935c72%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=32f870f6-9a02-4841-a91c-6c6c433c90d0&tenantId=5335a395-3770-41bf-b111-59efae08bf8d. Study materials are available in Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8078. The online classes will be taking place at the same time as the usual classes - the students presence is required and will be noted. The introductory lesson of the semester will be focused on getting acquainted with the online form of lessons.
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
Recommended literature:
BLAKE, Andrew. Reading Victorian fiction: the cultural context and ideological content of the nineteenth-century novel. Repr. (1989). London: Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0-333-45826-5.
BRISTOW, Joseph. The Cambridge companion to Victorian poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-646804.
BURGESS, Anthony. English literature: a survey for students. New ed. London: Longman, 1974. ISBN 0-582-55224-9.
CHANDLER, James a Maureen N. MCLANE. The Cambridge companion to British romantic poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 978-0-521-68083-7.
COOTE, Stephen. The Penguin short history of English literature. London: Penguin, 1993. Penguin literary criticism. ISBN 0-14-012531-0.
CUNNINGHAM, Valentine. Victorian poetry now: poets, poems, poetics. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 978-0-631-20826-6.
DAVID, Deirdre. The Cambridge companion to the Victorian novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-64619-7.GUY, Josephine M. a Ian SMALL. The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature. London: Routledge, 2011. Routledge concise histories of literature series. ISBN 9780415487108.
HOGLE, Jerrold E. The Cambridge companion to gothic fiction. Repr. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. The Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-79466-8.
O´GORMAN, Francis. A concise companion to the Victorian novel. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture. ISBN 978-1-4051-0320-6.
TUCKER, Herbert F. A companion to Victorian literature and culture. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1999. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. ISBN 978-0-631-21876-0.
WHEELER, Michael. English fiction of the Victorian period 1830-1890. Second edition 1994. London: Longman, 1994. Longman literature in English Series. English fiction. ISBN 0-582-08843-7.
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
Doporučená literatura:
BLAKE, Andrew. Reading Victorian fiction: the cultural context and ideological content of the nineteenth-century novel. Repr. (1989). London: Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0-333-45826-5.
BRISTOW, Joseph. The Cambridge companion to Victorian poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-646804.
BURGESS, Anthony. English literature: a survey for students. New ed. London: Longman, 1974. ISBN 0-582-55224-9.
CHANDLER, James a Maureen N. MCLANE. The Cambridge companion to British romantic poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 978-0-521-68083-7.
COOTE, Stephen. The Penguin short history of English literature. London: Penguin, 1993. Penguin literary criticism. ISBN 0-14-012531-0.
CUNNINGHAM, Valentine. Victorian poetry now: poets, poems, poetics. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 978-0-631-20826-6.
DAVID, Deirdre. The Cambridge companion to the Victorian novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-64619-7.GUY, Josephine M. a Ian SMALL. The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature. London: Routledge, 2011. Routledge concise histories of literature series. ISBN 9780415487108.
HOGLE, Jerrold E. The Cambridge companion to gothic fiction. Repr. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. The Cambridge companions to literature. ISBN 0-521-79466-8.
O´GORMAN, Francis. A concise companion to the Victorian novel. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture. ISBN 978-1-4051-0320-6.
TUCKER, Herbert F. A companion to Victorian literature and culture. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1999. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. ISBN 978-0-631-21876-0.
WHEELER, Michael. English fiction of the Victorian period 1830-1890. Second edition 1994. London: Longman, 1994. Longman literature in English Series. English fiction. ISBN 0-582-08843-7.
Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
1) regular and active participance on seminars - max. 2 absences
2) written test 70% minimum for passing, max. 2 re-sittings, 3 sittings in total
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
1) Pravidelná aktivní účast na seminářích (max. 2 absence)
2) Známkovaný písemný test - minimum pro jeho úspěšné složení je 70 procent. Test je možno opakovat dvakrát - celkově jsou tedy možné tři pokusy.
Syllabus -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
1. Pre-romanticism
2. Romanticism - philosophical, socio-cultural and historical background
3. Romantic poetry
4. Romantic fiction
5. Victorianism - philosophical, socio-cultural and historical background
6. Victorian fiction
7. Victorian poetry
8. Literature at the turn of the centuries
Seminars:
Poetry - W. Wordsworth - "The World Is Too Much with Us" -"I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" - "Intimations of Immortality"(extracts) - S. T. Coleridge - "Kubla Khan" - John Keats -"Ode to a Nightingale" (extracts) (the Victorian poem "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold will also be discussed)
Novels - Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice - E. Brontë - Wuthering Heights - Ch. Dickens - Bleak House (extracts) - Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure
- Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
1. Pre-romanticism
2. Romanticism - philosophical, socio-cultural and historical background
3. Romantic poetry
4. Romantic fiction
5. Victorianism - philosophical, socio-cultural and historical background
6. Victorian fiction
7. Victorian poetry
8. Literature at the turn of the centuries
Seminars:
Poetry - W. Wordsworth - "The World Is Too Much with Us" -"I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" - "Intimations of Immortality"(extracts) - S. T. Coleridge - "Kubla Khan" - John Keats -"Ode to a Nightingale" (extracts) (the Victorian poem "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold will also be discussed)
Novels - Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice - E. Brontë - Wuthering Heights - Ch. Dickens - Bleak House (extracts) - Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure
