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Lecturer(s)
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Čipkár Ivan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Anténe Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Late Victorian and Edwardian novel, colonial literature. British and Irish modernism in poetry and fiction. Britain between the wars and the reflection of war in literature. Post-war novelists, Angry Young Men and Campus Novel. Postmodernism and postcolonialism. Feminism and contemporary women writers. 20th century drama - Irish drama, post-war drama, the Theatre of the Absurd. The development of 20th century poetry.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The course provides a concise survey of the development of British literature in the 20th century, focusing on an analysis of works representing the literary movements of this period and works of particular authors (Modernism: prose and poetry, authors writing between the wars, Post-War literature, contemporary authors and 20th century drama).
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
Students are required: to read on schedule (shorter texts: short stories or poems and also several novels), participate actively in class discussions, read recommended books in English and be prepared to discuss them with the teacher, write an essay.
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Recommended literature
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ABRAMS, M. H. a GREENBLATT, S. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume 2. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2012.
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HEAD, D. The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction 1950-2000. Cambridge: CUP. 2002.
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RONALD, C., McRAE, J. The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge. 2001.
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Thornley, G.C., Roberts, G. (1993). An Outline of English Literature. Harlow.
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