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English and American Literature from the 20th Century to the Present - OPBA4A043A
Title: Anglická a americká literatura od 20. století do současnosti
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2022
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/3, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: 120 / 103 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : OPBA4A023A, OPBA4A031A, OPBA4A032A
Is pre-requisite for: OPBA4A056A
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)
This subject presents 2 significant anglophone literatures as a part of one developmental trajectory from the beginning of the twentieth century until today. The emphasis will be put not only on the individual tendencies and aspects, but also on drawing analogies between English and American literature.
Descriptors - Czech
Last update: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. (13.01.2023)

Samostudium literatury 10 hodin

Práce se studijními materiály 35 hodin

Seminární práce 5 hodin

Příprava na zápočet 7 hodin

Příprava na zkoušku a zkouška 20 hodin

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

Blades, Andrew. 20th Century American Literature (York Notes Companions), New York: Longman, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1408266649

Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern American Novel: New Revised Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-0140170443.

Corcoran, Neil. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth Century English Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0521691321

Dawson, Ashley. The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415572460.

English, James F. Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-4051-2001-0.

Hendin, Josephine. A Concise Companion to Postwar American Culture and Literature. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 978-1-4051-2180-4.

Innes, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0521016759.

Procházka Martin, Quinn Justin, Ulmanová Hana, Roraback Erik. Lectures on American Literature. Praha, 2002. ISBN 9788024619965.

Ruland Richard, Bradbury Malcolm. From Puritanism to Postmodernism, New York: Viking Penguin, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0140144352.

Wilson, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)

·      The course is reading-based – preparation for and active participation in weekly seminars are necessary; regular attendance (3 absences in total allowed). 

·      Preparation for individual seminars, completing individual tasks, active participation in the lessons/group works

·      Credit test – min. score: 70 % for passing, max: 1 re-sitting (2 possible sittings in total). 

·      Failing to pass the credit test disqualifies the student from the rest of subject.

·      Oral exam (the students are given a list of topics during the semester, the exam consists of two parts – British and American-related questions, the student picks one question from American and one from British literature; the student need to score pass from both parts of the exam to pass the exam)

Course completion requirements -
Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (28.01.2024)

·      The course is reading-based – preparation for and active participation in weekly seminars are necessary; regular attendance (3 absences in total allowed). 

·      Preparation for individual seminars, completing individual tasks, active participation in the lessons/group works

·      Credit test – min. score: 70 % for passing, max: 1 re-sitting (2 possible sittings in total). 

·      Failing to pass the credit test disqualifies the student from the rest of subject.

·      Oral exam (the students are given a list of topics during the semester, the exam consists of two parts – British and American-related questions, the student picks one question from American and one from British literature; the student need to score pass from both parts of the exam to pass the exam)

 
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