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Modern British Literature - Lecturer Notes - United State Literature, Study notes of American literature

to introduce students to some of the major works of British fiction, prose and drama in a clear, straightforward way, while providing cultural background for the texts

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2010/2011

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MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE 1 LIAN 1

Term/Year: winter/ 2011 Instructor: PaedDr. Jana Javorčíková PhD. (office: 023) [email protected]

Number of credits : 2/no exam (! Last day of school – December 15 Friday*)

Course objectives: to introduce students to some of the major works of British fiction, prose and drama in a clear, straightforward way, while providing cultural background for the texts. Number of lessons/week: 1 lecture + 1 seminar (45´) Prerequisites: -

Assessment: Test/seminar or lecture in week 6/TBS** app. 60 points (or 60%) Pop-in quizzes/in seminars/based on weekly readings and lecture app. 5-40 points (5-40%)

Abstracts: 5 points (TBS – bring in week 10) Voluntary activities (this is a privilege, not a right)=additional abstracts, other than in the list of readings: 1% each, max. 3%

Scoring: A……..100-90% ………..100-90 points B………89-85%………… 89- C………84-80%…………..84- D………79-75%…………..79- E……….74-65%…………..74- F………..64-0%……………64-

How to count your scoring: Test (points) + Pop-in quizzes (points) + voluntary activity (points) = total no. of points

  • minimum no. of points for test and in-class quizzes: 50%;
  • If you miss any test due to serious reasons, such as illness (doctor´s certificate to be shown within 10 working days), you may re-take the test ONCE; TBS**;
  • if you miss a test without a serious reason, you will lose the right of re-taking it.

VOLUNTARY: Abstracts (1-page document): 1. Author 2. Full title, subtitle and its symbolism 3. Bibliography + 1 st^ published 4. Genre 5. Setting (Where, when), 6. Characters/Protagonists (+ brief characteristics) 7. Brief summary of the plot 8. Theme 9. Statement I remember (+ page), 10. My evaluation

Poems: 1. Author 2. Full title, subtitle and its symbolism 3. Bibliography + 1 st^ published 4. Setting 5. Plot

6. Theme 7. Atmosphere, tone 8. Figures of speech 9. My evaluation

Recommended literature: M. Hilský: Současný Britský Román; Z. Stříbrný: Dejiny Anglické literatury II; The New Pelican Guide to English Literature 8; Olexa, Baštín, Studená: Dejiny anglickej a americkej literatúry

Abbreviations (as used in the lesson plan): MBL – Modern British Literature (TITLE OF THE COURSE) ESS – 20 th^ Century English Short Stories (available in the Resource Centre) Extracts – Extracts – English Fiction for Advanced Students ; and Keep in Touch (available in Resource Centre) MBSS – Modern British Short Stories (available in Resource Centre)

  • Applies for Teaching Programme Students (Učiteľstvo) ** To be specified

LIAN 1 MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE LESSON PLAN: WINTER, 2011

All full text lectures and full text seminar readings are available at faculty web-page:

http://www.fhv.umb.sk Katedry (blue tag on the top) Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Vyučujúci katedy Jana Javorčíková, PhD. Moderná Britská literatúra Password: mbl1 or mbl

W Lecture Seminar (read your homework to get ready for seminars/pop-in quizzes) All texts available on web-page!

Required list of readings (available in your local libraries)

- for state exams

1. Introduction to MBL

Cultural background to MBL Centralisation vs. decentralisation of culture, Beveridgism, Butskellism

D. Lodge: Small World (extract)

2. Categories acc. To G. Phelps^ D. Lodge:^ Small World^ (extract)

3. Angry Young Novelists

Anti-hero, new wave

J. Wain: Manhood In: Keep in Touch; pp. 36-

4. Angry Young Dramatists

kitchen-sink-drama

J. Osborne: Look Back in Anger , Act 1 In: KAA library

J. Osborne: Look Back in Anger (Acts 1-2; read for the test)

5. Working Class Novelists

Little Englandism

A. Sillitoe: Uncle Ernest

In: Keep in Touch; pp. 115-

6. Novelists of the 50´s: Post-Imperial

Era (D. Lessing, J. G. Farrell, P. Scott)

post-imperial novels

P. Scott: The Jewel in the Crown , In: Extracts; pp. 53-

D. Lessing: Little Tembi In: KAA library

7. MID-TERM TEST

Novelists of the 70´s and 80´s India, Japan and the Novel K. Ishiguro, S. Rushdie

Floating world, meanders of memory

K. Ishiguro: A Family Supper In: MBSS; pp. 434-

S. Rushdie: The Prophet´s Hair, In: MBSS; pp. 389-

Recommended: K. Ishiguro: video: Remains of the Day

8. Graham Greene, A. Powell, C.

P.Snow Greenland, river-novel

G. Greene: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen In: ESS; pp. 118-

Recommended: G. Greene: Our Man In Havana or Quiet American or Heart of the Matter

9. Novelists of the 60´s: Exotic Novel

(William Golding, Lawrence Durrell) fables, myth, allegory

W. Golding: Lord of the Flies In: Extracts; pp. 45-

W. Golding: Lord of the Flies (read for the exams)

10. TBS^ Bring 10 abstracts

11. SELF STUDY*

British Poetry after 1945 – The Movement

J. Betjeman: In Westminster Abbey In: Modern Poetry; p. 96

12. SELF STUDY*

British Poetry after 1945 – The Movement

Credit awarding/lecture* END OF WINTER TERM