History of English Literature 340-AS1-2ENL

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 Angela Carter. 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.

Term 2022:

The detailed course descriptions of lectures and seminars in History of English Literature are provided in the rubrics for "ćwiczenia" (seminars, classes) and "wykład" (lecture)

Term 2023:

The detailed course descriptions of lectures and seminars in History of English Literature are provided in the rubrics for "ćwiczenia" (seminars, classes) and "wykład" (lecture)

Term 2024:

The detailed course descriptions of lectures and seminars in History of English Literature are provided in the rubrics for "ćwiczenia" (seminars, classes) and "wykład" (lecture)

Mode

Blended learning

Prerequisites (description)

Students acquire information about the history of British Literature and basic skills of analysis and interpretation of literary works. In this way they acquire and develop literary skills and proficiency in English. The course enables students to acquire basic orientation in the development of British literature in the historical perspective and provides basic knowledge about chronology, biographical facts as well as on the main trends, movements, genres and motives.

Course coordinators

Term 2024:

Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun
Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk
Jerzy Kamionowski

Term 2022:

Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk
Grzegorz Moroz

Term 2023:

Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk
Jerzy Kamionowski

Type of course

obligatory courses

Learning outcomes

KA6_WG3, KA6_WG6, KA6_WG8

KA6_UW3, KA6_UW4, KA6_UW5, KA6_UW8, KA6_UK3

KA_KK1, KA_KK2, KA6_KO4, KA6_KR1, KA6_KO3,

Assessment criteria

Information about methods of assessment and testing are provided in the slots for each group.

Bibliography

Abrams, M.H. and Greenblatt ( eds.) (2000), "The Norton Anthology of English Literature". W.W. Norton and Company, 7th edition
Carter, R. and Mac Rae, J. (2001) "The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland" Routledge.
Daiches, D. (1994) "A Critical History of English Literature" London: Mandarin Paperback.
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.

Term 2022:

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).

Term 2023:

Term 2024:

Additional information

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