(in Polish) Literatura angielska 3300-LA-MSF-1-ZP
The survey practical course in English literature concentrates English literature from Romanticism till the 21st century.
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the diachronic and synchronic description of British literature through a discussion of major periods in literary history, the presentation of key authors representing those periods as well as major literary styles and genres. The classes also allow students to discern and practice different interpretative paths that follow from different methodologies current in literary studies.
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student has knowledge of:
K_W01: the specificity of English philology as a humanities discipline, with particular emphasis on literary studies.
K_W02: basic terminology, methods and theoretical approaches to the study of literature and culture in the English-speaking world discussed during the course.
K_W03: the subject, scope and main research directions of literary studies, including the development of British literature from Romanticism to the twenty-first century.
K_W09: the relationships between literature and historical, social and cultural processes.
Skills
The student is able to:
K_U01: use basic literary studies terminology in the analysis and interpretation of texts representing different periods, styles and genres.
K_U02: formulate simple interpretative problems, select appropriate analytical methods, and present the results of analysis in accordance with the principles of academic ethics.
K_U03: analyse and synthesise literary phenomena in their historical and cultural context.
Social Competences
The student is ready to:
K_K02: participate consciously in cultural life, in particular in literary culture, making use of various media and forms of communication.
Assessment criteria
No more than three absences are acceptable.
The format of the final exam: written test with open-ended questions
Bibliography
Reading List (obligatory reading):
1. William Wordsworth – “Daffodils,”
2. John Keats – “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
3. Percy Bysshe Shelley - “Ode to the West Wind,”
4. George Gordon, Lord Byron - “Don Juan” (Canto 1).
5. Robert Browning - “My Last Duchess,”
6. Charles Dickens - Great Expectations.
7. T.S. Eliot – “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,”
8. Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness.
9. A selected text by James Joyce or Virginia Woolf.
10. Ian McEwan – Atonement
11. Seamus Heaney – “Punishment”
Additional texts will be chosen by the course instructor.
Additional information
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