History of British literature
General data
Course ID: | 15-HLB-CH-11 |
Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
Course title: | History of British literature |
Name in Polish: | Historia literatury brytyjskiej |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of English |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk o Języku i Literaturze |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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Language: | English |
Module type: | elective |
Major: | Philology Specialisation: English and Chinese studies |
Cycle of studies: | 1st cycle |
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 |
Year of studies (where relevant): | Year 1 |
Information on where to find course materials: | Relevant materials will be uploaded to the moodle platform |
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) |
Short description: |
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. |
Full description: |
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. |
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. |
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 methods and 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 |
Classes in period "Academic year 2020/2021, summer semester" (past)
Time span: | 2021-03-01 - 2021-09-30 |
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Coordinators: | Hanna Rutkowska | |
Group instructors: | Urszula Kizelbach | |
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Classes in period "Academic year 2021/2022, summer semester" (past)
Time span: | 2022-02-24 - 2022-09-30 |
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discussion seminar, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Hanna Rutkowska | |
Group instructors: | Urszula Kizelbach | |
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Classes in period "Academic year 2022/2023, summer semester" (past)
Time span: | 2023-02-27 - 2023-09-30 |
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classes, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Hanna Rutkowska | |
Group instructors: | Urszula Kizelbach | |
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Classes in period "Academic year 2023/2024, summer semester" (in progress)
Time span: | 2024-02-26 - 2024-09-30 |
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Coordinators: | Hanna Rutkowska | |
Group instructors: | Urszula Kizelbach | |
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