History of English Literature 340-AR1-1HLE
5 ECTS points for the lecture and seminar on British Literature
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Term 2024:
Students will gain basic knowledge about the history of English (British) literature and the rudimentary skills of analysis and interpretation of literary works.The course has been designed in order to give the students the opportunity to improve their abilities to analyse and interpret a work of literature. The students are supposed to learn basic specialist terminology used in the field and to practise their analytical and interpretative skills. The reading materials are English literature texts: from Beowulf to Jane Eyre. Apart from technical aspects of literature the course provides the students with orientation in the main trends of English literature in the historical perspective and gives them basic knowledge concerning chronology of literary periods, their typical trends, genres, motifs etc. |
Prerequisites (description)
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Type of course
Mode
Term 2024: (in Polish) w sali | General: (in Polish) w sali | Term 2023: Blended learning |
Learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE, The graduate will learn and understand:
KP6_WG3, literary works, phenomena and processes as well as theories explaining their cultural background and their interdependence
KP6_WG6, methods of analyzing and interpreting texts of culture of a given language area in the context of selected theories in linguistics
KP6_WG8, methods of analyzing and interpreting texts in the context of selected theories in literary studies
SKILLS, the graduate is able to:
KP6_UW3, carry out a critical analysis and interpret literary texts using philological methods that make it possible to assess the importance of the text in the historical and cultural process
KP6_UW4, carry out a critical analysis and interpret various creations of culture using philological methods that make it possible to assess the importance of the texts in the historical and cultural process
KP6_UW5, analyse typical philosophical problems relevant to the field of the humanities
KP6_UW8, properly select sources and information derived from them in the field of literary studies as well as evaluate, critically analyse and synthesize this information
KP6_UK3, communicate using specialised terminology in the field of literary studies, including socio-cultural elements
SOCIAL SKILLS, the graduate is prepared to:
KP_KK1, critically evaluate their knowledge
KP_KK2, recognise the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems
KP6_KO4, create tolerance planes and cooperate in the conditions of multicultural and religiously diverse society
KP6_KR1, comply with the rules of professional conduct and require others to do so
KP6_KO3, consciously cultivate the cultural heritage of the region, country and Europe
Assessment criteria
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Bibliography
Drabble, M. (2004), 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature" Oxford University Press
Marcus,L. and Nichols, P. (2005) "The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature" Cambridge University Press
Mroczkowski P. , "Historia literatury angielskiej" Ossolineum 2004
Zbierski H., "Historia literatury angielskiej" Poznań. Oficyna Wydawnicza Atena, 2002.
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Term 2024:
1. The Oxford Illustrated History of English literature, ed. by Pat Rogers, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1996. 2. Lectures on British Literature: A Historical Survey Course (Part I and II), selected and integrated by Andrzej Zgorzelski, Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Gdańskie 1993. 3. History of English Literature: An Anthology for Students, Volume 1: From the Old English Period to Romanticism, Poznań: Dom Wydawniczy Rebis 2005; Volume 2: From the Victorians to Our Contemporaries, Poznań: Dom Wydawniczy Rebis 1999. Ed. by Krzysztof Fordoński. 4. The College Anthology of English Literature, ed. by Zygmunt Mazur & Teresa Bela, Kraków: Universitas 1997. 5. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 1 & 2 (dowolne wydanie). |
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