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The aim of this course is to introduce contemporary British and American fiction, poetry and drama. The course provides information concerning major developmental tendencies, themes, representative authors and works since 2000 until today while engaging the students within the process. The lectures provide a historical, social, political, cultural and literary-theoretical context of the works. The seminars are based on critical discussions dealing with the key formal and thematic and socio-historical aspects of the works. Topics: Contemporary American short story Contemporary American novel Contemporary American poetry Contemporary American Drama Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts Contemporary British Historical Fiction Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society Contemporary British Drama Contemporary British Poetry
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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Self-study of the works of primary and secondary literature: 10 hours per semester Work with study materials, especially the works of primary and secondary literature: 40 hours per semester Continuous work on assignments: 14 hours per semester Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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Active participation in classes - max. 3 absences in seminars. Written exam - a 600 words-long essay, minimum to pass 70% - 2 re-sittings max, 3 sittings in total. Language skills are part of the overall assessment - max. 4 errors within 1 sitting of the exam. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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Primary literature: literary texts: See the syllabus. Secondary literature: BENTLEY, Nick. Contemporary British Fiction. Edinburgh University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0748624201. GWYNN, R.S., LINDNER, A. Contemporary American Poetry. London: Longman, 2004. ISBN: 978-0321182821. INNES, C., MIDDEKE, M., SCHNIERER, P.P., ROUDANÉ, M.C. (eds.). The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. ISBN: 978-1408134795. LANE, David. Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780748638215. LANE, Richard J., Rod, MENGHAM a Philip TEW, ed. Contemporary British Fiction. Cambridge: Polity, 2003. ISBN 0-7456-2867-2. O'DONNELL, Patrick. The American Novel Now: Reading Contemporary American Fiction since 1980. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4051-6757-4. SIERZ, A., MIDDEKE, M., SCHNIERER, P.P. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2011. ISBN: 978-1408122785. WHEATLEY, David. Contemporary British Poetry. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN: 978-0230362536. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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Active participation in classes - max. 3 absences in seminars. Written exam - a 600 words-long essay, minimum to pass 70% - 2 re-sittings max, 3 sittings in total. Language skills are part of the overall assessment - max. 4 errors within 1 sitting of the exam. Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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1. Course Introduction + Contemporary American Short Fiction: Philosophical fiction (Charles R. Johnson – 4 short stories) 2. Contemporary American Novel (David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars) 3.+4. Multicultural American (Philip Roth: The Human Stain) 5. Contemporary American Poetry 6. Contemporary American Drama (David Mamet: November) 7. Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts (Lucy Wood: "Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict" (2018) from The Sing of the Shore, Candice Carty-Williams: Queenie (2019)- extract chapter 27) 8. +9. Contemporary British Historical Fiction (Andrea Levy: “Back to My Own Country” (2014) from Six Stories and an Essay (2014); The Long Song (2010)) 10. Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society (Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019) extracts) 11. Contemporary British Drama (Lucy Kirkwood: The Children (2016), Extracts: Natasha Gordon: Nine Night (2018), Caryl Churchill: Escaped Alone (2016), Ella Hickson: Oil (2016)) 12. Contemporary British Poetry Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2021)
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