British and American literature

Guaranteeing department: KCR

Guarantor: Ing. Ivica Linderová, PhD.

Lecturer: Mgr. Klára Dobrylovská

Lecturer's medallion: Graduate of the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague, majoring in English language and literature.

Annotation: The aim of the course is to introduce participants to the development and main representatives of British and American literature. The first part of the course will focus on British literature, from the Middle Ages to the present. We will be introduced to the works of classic authors such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen and Orwell, as well as modern and postmodern literature. The second part of the course will be devoted to American literature. We will explore its origins in the colonial period, but also its development in the 19th and 20th centuries. We will become familiar with the works of authors such as Twain, Hemingway, but also, for example, Asimov and Harper Lee. Each seminar will include a discussion of a reading that participants will read in advance-it will be an excerpt or short story on the topic. Stories will be submitted electronically through CCV. The course will be open with a minimum of 20 people.

Number of Semesters: 2

Teaching day: Thursday

Learning Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Course end: test

Recommended reading: to be specified in class

Registration: from 1 April 2024 via e-application

Note: The Centre for Lifelong Learning reserves the right to change for organizational reasons (lecturer, date, class time). Any changes will always be communicated to those interested in the course in a timely manner.