History of British and Irish literature 2

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English Philology

semestr 2

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profil akademicki

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ECTS points in relation to student’s duties

total number of ECTS: 3

1 ECTS – 30 hours: class participation,

2 ECTS – 45 hours: preparation (reading) + 15 hours: consultations

Course description:

The course focuses on the development of British and Irish literature in the 19th century.

Course objectives:

- familiarity with the successive stages in the history of British and Irish

literature in the 19th century

- familiarity with major authors and works within the successive epochs (Romantic and Victorian)

- ability to analyze and interpret literary texts – poetic, dramatic and prosaic - from the 19th century

- ability to formulate critical judgements

COURSE OVERVIEW

1. Introduction, The Romantic Period.

2. William Wordsworth “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” – selected pages, William Blake Songs of Innocence (“Introduction”, Songs of Experience), William Wordsworth (“Tintern Abbey”), Samuel Taylor Coleridge– 1st generation of Romantic poets.

3. Percy B. Shelly (“Ode to the West Wind”), Lord Byron (“On This Day I Complete My Thirty-sixth Year”), John Keats (“Ode on a Grecian Urn”) – 2nd generation of Romantic poets.

4. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice – Anti-romantic fiction.

5. The Victorian Period: Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights.

6. The Industrial Revolution in Britain. Charles Dickens: Hard Times – industrial novel.

7. Victorian poetry: Alfred Tennyson: “The Lady of Shalott”; Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess”.

8. The Pre-Raphaelite Poets: Dante Gabriel Rossetti “The Blessed Damozel”.

9. George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss – moral realism in Victorian fiction.

10. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d’Urbervilles – examples of naturalism and determinism.

11. Nineteenth-century Drama - Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest.

12. Students’ presentations.

13. Students’ presentations.

14. Test

15. Results, individual meetings with students

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

presentation, discussion, reading of literary texts, analysis and interpretation of selected literary texts, written work (test), ICT tools/e-learning/MSTeams if needed

Reading list:

Obligatory reading (to get a credit):

All the literary texts listed above (in the course content) are obligatory. Poetic texts can be found either in The Norton Anthology of English Literature (vol. 2), or The Oxford Anthology of English Literature (also vol. 2). Dramas and novels can be found in separate editions. All the books are available in the library of the Philological Faculty (in the Collegium Maius building). Independently of the library, all the texts listed in the course content are available online at no charge.

Supplementary reading:

As regards historical-literary and critical studies, students are advised to consult David Daiches’s A Critical History of English Literature (vol. 2); The New Pelican Guide to English Literature (vols. 5 and 6); or numerous one-volume histories of English literature available in our library, such as The Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders. Critical commentaries and interpretations of literary texts are also available online, free of charge, on websites such as SparkNotes – Literature Study Guides. One more useful reference book in our library is The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge:

Student knows and understands:

1. basic facts, literary works and developments in British and Irish literature in the course of the 19th century (k_W11 / P6S_WG)

2. basic terminology relative to literary studies as regards the 19th century (k_W02 / P6S_WG)

3. main analytical and interpretative methods relative to the study of literature of the 19th century (k_W04 / P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

4. recognize different kinds of literary texts written in the 19th century in order to critically analyze and assess them (k_U02 / P6S_UW)

5. use terminology relative to literary studies as regards the 19th century (k_U01 / P6S_UW)

6. write texts in English and prepare oral presentations relative to the study of literature as regards the 19th century (k_U04 / P6S_UK)

Social competences

Student is ready to:

7. critically evaluate and solve problems relative to literary studies as regards the 19th century (k_K02 / P6S_KK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1) oral presentation - 25% of final grade (outcomes 1-7)

grades are based on 3 aspects of the presentations: proper use of vocabulary and structures (including literary terms); knowledge of the literary theme discussed in the presentation; the ability to engage the audience;

51-60% - 3,0

61-70% - 3,5

71-80% - 4,0

81-90% - 4,5

91-100% - 5,0

2) a written test - 50% of final grade (outcomes 1-7)

51-60% - 3,0

61-70% - 3,5

71-80% - 4,0

81-90% - 4,5

91-100% - 5,0

3) Active participation in the classes 25% of the final grade (outcomes 1-7)

1 plus - 3,0

2 pluses - 3,5

3 pluses - 4,0

4 pluses - 4,5

5 pluses and more - 5,0

Students should take into account that criteria for evaluation are both cognitive (i.e. relative to the range and quality of students’ knowledge) and educative (i.e. pertaining to logical thinking and independent judgment).