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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Patterns in text. 2. Figures of speech. 3. Symbols and their interpretation. 4. Critical prose. 5. Critical poetry and essays. 6. Genre elements in selected text. 7. Reading drama. 8. Dystopian texts. 9. Understanding titles. 10. Interpreting texts and motifs. 11. Texts for children. Other worlds. 12. Texts about children. Silence and the unsaid. 13. Evaluation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 10 hours per semester
- unspecified
- 16 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| understand reading text at least at B2 level |
| work with the given text according to the instructions |
| work with dictionaries |
| search for additional information to the entered text |
| identify and use appropriate secondary sources |
| recognize archetypes and various genre characteristics |
| identify foreshadowing in texts |
| analyse the narrator |
| compare selected elements across texts |
| put the text in context |
| analyse the text itself |
| Skills |
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| read shorter and medium-length English texts in a given time span |
| capture the main idea of given texts |
| express their interpretations in their own words |
| express assumptions |
| find relevant facts and information in texts |
| find the necessary information in the text and use it to create an interpretation |
| use the correct terms when discussing texts |
| identify similarities and differences across texts |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| archetypes and characteristics of discussed genres |
| identification of foreshadowing in texts |
| analyse the narrator |
| comparison of selected elements across texts |
| intertextuality |
| extratextuaity |
| symbolism, literary devices and parallels |
| working with text and its meaning |
| Skills |
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| find the necessary information in the text and use it to create an interpretation |
| use correct terminology to discuss texts |
| identify parallels and dissimilarities across texts |
| analyse and interpret the text itself |
| analyse and interpret a text set in context |
| interpretation of texts and their parts |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Task-based study method |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Seminar classes |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Task-based study method |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Seminar classes |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Formative evaluation |
| Continuous assessment |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Formative evaluation |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Formative evaluation |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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vybrané studijní materiály. .
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Carter, Ronald; McRae, John. The Penguin guide to literature in english : Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh Gate : Penguin English, 2001. ISBN 0-582-46567-2.
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RonaldCarter and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London, 1998.
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Sanders, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-818697-5.
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