Selected issues in the history of English literature 15-SIHEL-ES-11

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Module learning aims

- To acquaint students with selected issues regarding 'history of English literature' from pre-Medieval period to the twentieth century -To develop the ability of critical analysis of literary texts -To develop the ability of employing various cultural, social and political phenomena in the analysis of literary texts - To develop the ability of individual and critical 'molding' an English literary canon -To develop communicative skills - individual and collective audio-visual presentations, talks and speeches

Information on where to find course materials

Relevant information one finds on the 'moodle platform'

Major

English Studies: Literature and Culture

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

-Lecture on the most crucial notions for a given literary tradition -Discussions with students; discussions in pairs/groups -Individual and group presentations -Individual research: finding other materials, critical opinions, articles related thematically to the assigned text as well as to relevant socio-cultural or political contexts

Course module conducted remotely (e-learning)

Relevant materials one finds on the 'moodle platform'

Student workload (ECTS credits)

- Limit of hours for class-work with a lecturer - 30h - Limit of hours for student-work without a lecturer: * reading primary literature [homework assignments] - 90h * preparation for class activities - 30h -ECTS points: 4

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

(in Polish) Wiedza i umiejętności z zakresu historii literatury innej niż angielska (np. polska).

Course coordinators

Ryszard Bartnik

Bibliography

Selected texts from the following:

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.

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