Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
This course focuses on British fiction and drama from the beginning of 20th century to the 1990s. The seminars are organised on the basis of reading, analysis and interpretation of selected texts which are not included in the syllabus of the course "English and American literature from 20th century to the present". The seminar discussions also involve historical, social and cultural aspects which directly or indirectly influenced the creation of these works.
Based on the students' interest the seminar texts are selected from a list including works by famous 20th century British authors such as G.B. Shaw, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, V. Wolf, A. Huxley, C. Isherwood, E. Waugh, G. Orwell, S. Beckett, K. Amis, W. Golding, A. Sillitoe, A. Burgess, J. Osborne, I. Murdoch, H. Pinter, D. Lodge, A. Carter, M. Amis, J. Barnes, I. McEwan, K. Ishiguro, J. Winterson, T. Stoppard, P. Ackroyd, H. Kureishi či S. Rushdie. Students select 6-7 books which are then read at home and discussed in the seminars.
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
This course focuses on British fiction and drama from the beginning of 20th century to the 1990s. The seminars are organised on the basis of reading, analysis and interpretation of selected texts which are not included in the syllabus of the course "English and American literature from 20th century to the present". The seminar discussions also involve historical, social and cultural aspects which directly or indirectly influenced the creation of these works.
Based on the students' interest the seminar texts are selected from a list including works by famous 20th century British authors such as G.B. Shaw, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, V. Wolf, A. Huxley, C. Isherwood, E. Waugh, G. Orwell, S. Beckett, K. Amis, W. Golding, A. Sillitoe, A. Burgess, J. Osborne, I. Murdoch, H. Pinter, D. Lodge, A. Carter, M. Amis, J. Barnes, I. McEwan, K. Ishiguro, J. Winterson, T. Stoppard, P. Ackroyd, H. Kureishi či S. Rushdie. Students select 6-7 books which are then read at home and discussed in the seminars.
Literatura -
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
BRADBURY, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. London: Penguin, 1994. ISBN 0-14-023098-X.
BRADFORD, Bradford. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. ISBN 978-1405113854.
EAGLETON, Terry. The English Novel. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN 1-4051-1707-9.
HEAD, Dominic. Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-66966-9.
INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-01675-4.
SANDERS, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-926338-8.
STERNLICHT, Sanford. A Reader’s Guide to Modern British Drama. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8156-3076-X.
WILSON, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618.
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
BRADBURY, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. London: Penguin, 1994. ISBN 0-14-023098-X.
BRADFORD, Bradford. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. ISBN 978-1405113854.
EAGLETON, Terry. The English Novel. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN 1-4051-1707-9.
HEAD, Dominic. Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-66966-9.
INNES, Christopher. Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-01675-4.
SANDERS, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-926338-8.
STERNLICHT, Sanford. A Reader’s Guide to Modern British Drama. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8156-3076-X.
WILSON, Leigh. Modernism. London: Continuum, 2007. ISBN 978-0826485618.
