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Lecturer(s)
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Kucíková Monika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Week 1: Introduction: basic literary terms and critical concepts (some basic guidelines for reading literature Week 2: Shakespeare's timeless works in the context of Tudor England with primary emphasis on the major comedies and tragedies Week 3: A duality in Victorian literature Authors associated with the late Victorian Period, particularly Oscar Wilde Week 4: Literature between the Wars Literature between the outbreak of the World War I and the beginning of the World War II with attention to cultural, political and literary contexts Week 5: Modernist experiments: James Joyce, a prominent contributor to the Modernist Movement Week 6: Modernist experiments: Virginia Woolf, a key figure of Modernism Week 7: George Orwell, an acute observer of his time, in the context of significant historic and political events Week 8: The themes of fall, guilt, corruptibility and the depravity of human nature in William Golding's novels Week 9: Theatre of the Absurd: an existentialistic vision of the meaningless of human existence; Samuel Beckett and his influence on Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard Week 10: Angry Young Men: authors at the forefront of a new trend of social realism and anti-establishment Week 11: Women writers: Doris Lessing Week 12: Contemporary British fiction: Chinua Achebe Week 13: Revision, Final Test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 16 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to use English at the B2 level according to CEFR |
| to identify key literary trends |
| to explain key facts from the cultural development of the USA in the 19th century |
| to describe key milestones of cultural development of the USA in the 20th century |
| to show knowledge of the current cultural developments in the UK |
| Skills |
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| to read and understand literary texts |
| to identify the main ideas of given literary works |
| to adequately summarize literary texts |
| to actively engage in discussion on a given topic |
| on the basic level, to express one's viewpoint related to a literary topic |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to put literary development in the UK and major cultural and historical events into context |
| to define and describe significant features of cultural and social development in the UK in the 19th and 20th century |
| to define the chronological and intellectual specifics of the origin of the British novel |
| to characterize regionalism, realism and naturalism and describe their differences |
| to identify development lines and concepts of British poetry and drama |
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| to actively use specialized literary terminology |
| to independently classify literary genres |
| to adequately interpret given American literary texts |
| to demonstrate the knowledge of a given literary genre via the analysis of the selected literary text |
| to characterize the main features and representatives of a given literary trend |
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| teaching methods |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar |
| Practicum |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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