History of British literature 15-HLB-CH-11

This course is devoted to studying the most canonical texts of British literature. Students are encouraged to go through all literary periods, ranging from the Old-English era through the Middle-Ages, the English Renaissance and Restoration, the Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Victorianism, English and Irish modernism, up to late twentieth-century postmodern drama and fiction. Among the main objectives are: 1) to make everyone participating in this course approach literary works in an analytical way; 2) to accustom students to reading secondary literature in order to use it for further critical analysis; 3) to enable students to acquire and use skills necessary for writing short academic essays on topics related to British literary tradition; 4) to improve students’ abilities to work and communicate in groups.

Module learning aims

- knowledge pertaining to history of English literature - from the Old English to late twentieth-century literature - critical analysis of literary texts - the ability of reading secondary literature to use it for further critical refrence - writing short essays of literary cirticism

Information on where to find course materials

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Major

Philology Specialisation: English and Chinese studies

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

- Introducing the most basic/fundamental notions closely related to the assigned literary work - Discussion in pairs and groups - Individual and group presentations - research on additional materials thematically, yet indirectly related to the main text

Student workload (ECTS credits)

- 30 hours of work in class - 30 hours of individual work (students preparing themselves for classes) - 30 hours of individual work (students preparing themselves for exams) (ECTS points: 3)

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

elective

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 1

Course coordinators

Hanna Rutkowska

Learning outcomes

After passing this course student:
- recognizes the main trends in British literature
- is able to analyze and interpret a literary text within a given historical context
- reads with comprehension secondary literature
- knows how to use scholary texts for literary analysis
- is able to present his/her own interpretation
- knows how to search for and use critical sources in English
- defines and uses the most fundamental terminology in the area of literary studies

Assessment criteria

The assessment methods:
5,0 - complete: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences
4,5 - very good: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences
4,0 - good: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences
3,5 - satisfactory: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences
3,0 - poor: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences
2,0 - unsatisfactory: knowledge, skills, personal and social competences

Bibliography

Ashcroft, Bill and Griffiths, Gareth and Tiffin, Helen. 2002. The Empire writes back: Theory and practice in post-colonial literature. London: Routledge.
Booker, Keith M. 1994. Among the postmodernists. Orlando: University Press of Florida.
Bradbury, Malcolm. 1995. The modern British novel. London: Penguin Books.
Daiches, David. 1992. A critical history of English literature. London: Secker and Warburg.
Donoghue, Daniel. 2004. Old English literature. A short introduction. London: Blackwell Publishing.
Ford, Boris. 2000. The Pelican guide to English literature. London: The Penguin Books.
Hattaway, Michael (ed.). 2000. A companion to English Renaissance literature and culture. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Lipoński, Wojciech. 2012. Dzieje kultury brytyjskiej. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
Richetti, John (ed.). The Cambridge companion to the eighteenth-century novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Tucker Herbert F. (ed.). 1999. A companion to Victorian literature and culture. Malden: Blackwell Publishers.
Watt, Ian. 1957 [2009]. The rise of the novel. Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing.
Wu, Duncan (ed.). 1998. A companion to Romanticism. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Zbierski, Henryk. 1988. William Shakespeare. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna
Sikorska, Liliana. 2007. A short history of English literature. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.

Additional information

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