History of British literature after 1900 15-HLBP2-OG-11

The course concentrates on British literature from the end of the 19th century to the present and it offers a chronological survey of major trends and movements in literary history. Through the study and analysis of selected representative texts students learn to understand the relationship between literary texts and their historical and cultural contexts as well as develop their ability of critical reading. The texts discussed in class include (but are not limited to) Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, and Coetzee’s Foe.

Module learning aims

- extending the students’ knowledge of literature from the late-Victorian period to the contemporary times; - developing the students' ability of critical analysis of literary texts; - developing the ability to employ methodology to analyse literary texts; - developing the students' ability to read and undersrtand critical texts and employing them in analysis of literary texts; - developing students' writing skills and of using literary sources in their writing; - developing the group communication skills;

Information on where to find course materials

Moodle Platform

Major

English philology

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

classes and lectures

Student workload (ECTS credits)

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 2

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Prior knowledge of history of Polish (or other) literature, prior knowledge of English literature of earlier periods.

Course coordinators

Term 2024/SZ:

Ryszard Bartnik
Agnieszka Setecka

Term 2018/SZ:

Term 2020/SZ:

Term 2023/SZ:

Term 2021/SZ:

Term 2022/SZ:

Term 2019/SZ:

Learning outcomes

On succesfully completing the course the student will
- Know selected literary texts, major trends, literary conventions in English literature from the late nineteenth century onwards;
- Understand the relationship between literary texts and their historical and cultural contexts;
- Be able to read closely and analyse literary texts in their historical and cultural contexts to discuss their forms and conventions employing appropriate terminology;
- Understand, define and employ literary terms necessary for an analysis of literary texts discussed in class;
- Discuss literary themes and conventions, formulate arguments in speech and writing;
- read and understand critical academic sources and employ them in their analysis.

Assessment criteria

active participation in classes and lectures, questions checking the knowledge and understanding the discussed texts, three assignments testing the ability of analysisng a literary text

The course ends with a written examination (an essay, open questions)

Bibliography

Ayers, David (ed.). 2004. Modernism. A short introduction. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Bałutowa, Bronisława. 2004. Powieść angielska XX wieku. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
Head Dominic. 2002. The Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Innes, Christopher. 2002. Modern British Drama. The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 5.4. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965): the drama of conversion).
Jarniewicz, Jerzy. 2000. Lista obecności. Szkice o dwudziestowiecznej prozie brytyjskiej i irlandzkiej. Poznań: Rebis.
Massie, Allan. 1995. The novel today. London: Longman.
Perkins, David. 1976. A history of modern poetry. From the 1890s to high modernist mode. Cambridge Mass.-London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Roberts, Neil. 2003. A companion to twentieth-century poetry. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Stamirowska, Krystyna (ed.). 1997. Współczesna powieść brytyjska. Kraków: Universitas.
Sikorska, Liliana. 2007. A short history of English literature. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.
Sikorska, Liliana (ed.). 2007. An outline history of English literature in texts. Vol. 3. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.

Additional information

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