Sylabus
Week 1: Introduction to the course
Week 2: The most significant literary offshoots of Colonial and Early Republican era in the United States.
Week 3: Characteristic features of American literary Romanticism, exemplified with reference to fiction, poetry and the dominant philosophy of the era.
Week 4-7: Teaching practice, no classes
Week 8: Easter Monday, no classes
Week 9: Development of Realism and Naturalism in American literature seen as response to the changing social climate, scientific and ideological discourse of the late 19th century.
Week 10: Representative summary of American prose and poetry of the 1910s through early 40s, centred around Modernism and the Lost Generation.
Week 11: The birth and rise of American drama, with an obvious focus on 20th century playwrights.
Week 12: A comprehensive overview of US literature from World War II until the present.
Anotace
Cílem předmětu je konsolidace a zároveň prohloubení znalosti americké literatury. Studenti jsou skrze volbu různých průřezových témat a na nich založené diskusi vedeni k vnímání americké literatury a jejich stěžejních děl v širším historickém, společenském, kulturním, ale rovněž vzdělávacím kontextu.