Sylabus
The students will read closely ( one text per week) a chosen passage from the list below. They will be paying attention to style, theme and form.
The aim is to deepen their the linguistic, stylistic and literature knowledge, allowing them also to orient themselves in literary analysis.
Reading list:Raymond Carver, short stories: http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/three_raymond_carver_stories.htmlJohn Updike, extract from "Rabbit, Run"Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, MemorySaul Bellow, Herzog (extract)Jonathan Franzen, The CorrectionsJoseph Mitchell, "Mazie"Mavis Gallant, short storiesWilla Cather, My ÁntoniaFlannery O’Connor, "Everything That Rises Must Converge"Story from New Yorker magazine (online)
Anotace
ANOTACE prosinec 2014
Tereza Límanová Mgr., MA
Kurz je jednosemestrální, 1x2h týdně (letní semestr)
Pro koho je litární seminář určen: předpokládané prohloubení učiva z úrovně B2 na B2+
Kurz umožní studentům lepší orientaci při práci s literárním textem a jeho interpretaci, tzv. "close reading".
Název kurzu: Close Reading Anglophone Literature
Aim:
This course will cover a range of twentieth-century prose written in English. Each week we will look at a brief passage from a literary work and read it closely, paying attention to style, theme and form. The aim is to deepen the linguistic knowledge of students, allowing them also to orient themselves in literary analysis.
Materials will be distributed at the beginning of the seminar (no textbook needed)