English Literature - Lecture 3301-L1ENLITW
This is a series of lectures running parallel to weekly classes in which some of the key works of British literature are read and discussed. While the classes are built around readings and discussions of selected texts, the lectures are intended to provide a broader background to those readings and discussions by elucidating the literary currents, conventions, topoi, types of heroes, and writing styles, as well as the key cultural concepts and developments pertaining to each historical period. The primary aim is to demonstrate how British literature has evolved in time from its beginnings in the context of Anglo-Saxon monastic culture, through a succession of epochs, up to the present moment. Concerning the epochs preceding the Romanticism, the aim of the lectures is to elucidate the key mental concepts underlying literature of the distant past, such as oral versus literate and print culture, or the microcosm versus the macrocosm. The analysis of the so-called long 19th century and 20th century will focus on the evolution in aesthetics and genology brought about by significant social and philosophical changes. The lectures will conclude with the panoramic view of the present of the literature of the British Isles seen against a broader context of the transformations of the modern world.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Mode
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the graduate has familiarity with
K_W04 literary works of English literature in connection with historical and cultural processes, at an advanced level
Abilities: the graduate is able to
K_U04 analyze at an advanced level literary works of English literature in connection with historical and cultural processes.
Social competences: the graduate is ready to
K_K01 critically appraise their knowledge and content obtained from various sources
Assessment criteria
Written test (verified learning outcomes: W, U)
The form of the retake to be decided by the lecturer; eg. written or oral test (verified learning outcomes: W, U)
Bibliography
A selection of chapters from: Michael Aleksander A History of English Literature, Macmillan 2013 (or earlier edition)
Pat Rogers The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, Oxford 2001 (or earlier edition)
Notes
Term 2024:
Winter term online - Zoom. |
Additional information
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