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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petra Johana Poncarová, Ph.D. (04.11.2021)
To explain the phenomenon of Southern literature in American cultural context both from the traditional, Old Southern perspective (with the emphasis on family, tradition, and community) and the perspective of New Southern studies (with the emphasis on race, gender, and class). To discuss both Gothic heritage (stressing the grotesque elements) and modernism (stressing the concept of time). To question the fixed notions of Southern lady, Southern gentleman, and white trash, and see how the given works challenge Southern sterotypes. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petra Johana Poncarová, Ph.D. (04.11.2021)
To receive their credit all students are obliged to attend at least 70 per cent of the seminars, give one oral presentation and submit an essay of 3000-4000 words. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petra Johana Poncarová, Ph.D. (04.11.2021)
Allen, Dennis W. „Horror and Perverse Delight“ Allison, Dorothy. „River of Names“ Brooks, Cleanth. William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha County Capote, Truman. „Jug of Silver“, „Miriam“ Faulkner, William. Light in August Faulkner, William. „A Rose for Emily“ Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury Hassan, Ihab. Radical Innocence Hellman, Lillian. The Little Foxes Henley, Beth. Crimes of the Heart Kazin, Alfred. „The Stillness of Light in August“ Kerr, Elizabeth. William Faulkner´s Gothic Domain McKee, Kathryn and Annette Trefzer. „Global Contexts, Local Literatures: The New Southern Studies“ Longley, John L., Jr. „Joe Christmas: The Hero in the Modern World“ Sartre, Jean-Paul. „On The Sound and the Fury: Time in the Work of Faulkner“ Warren, Robert Penn, ed. Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays Welty, Eudora. „Petrified Man“, „The Wide Net“ Williams, Tennessee. „Desire and the Black Masseur“, „Portrait of a Girl in Glass“ Yaeger, Patricia. Dirt and Desire |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Petra Johana Poncarová, Ph.D. (04.11.2021)
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week 1: Introduction Week 2: The Sound and the Fury Week 3: The Sound and the Fury plus Brooks, Sartre Week 4: Light in August Week 5: Light in August plus Kazin, Longley, Kerr Week 6. A Rose for Emily, Allen Week 7: Capote, Hassan Week 8: Williams Week 9: Welty, Yeager Week 10: Allison, McKee Week 11: Lillian Hellman: The Little Foxes Week 12: Beth Henley: Crimes of the Heart
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