British literature 2510-f1ENG2W-BL-T
The course focuses on presenting literary texts forming the canon of British literature in their historical and theoretical contexts. During the course the students will learn how to analyse and interpret selected works of poetry, fiction, and drama, using basic literary concepts and referring to biographical and historical sources.
Content distribution:
1. Introduction; Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles (selected fragments)
2. Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray
3. Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
4. Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden"; Plain Tales from the Hills (two stories: “His Chance in Life” and “Lispeth”)
5. Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness
6. E.M. Forster, A Room with a View (novel or film adaptation)
7. D. H. Lawrence, selected short stories and poems
8. World War I poetry: Wilfred Owen, “Arms and the Boy”, “Anthem for Doomed Youth;” Isaac Rosenberg, “Returning, We Hear the Larks;” Edward Thomas, “Liberty,” “The Owl”
9. James Joyce, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man; Dubliners (selected short stories)
10. Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
11. William Butler Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”; Cathleen ni Houlihan
12. T.S. Eliot, “The Waste Land” (fragments), “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
13. Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (novel or film adaptation)
14. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
15. Post-war poetry: selected poems by Philip Larkin, Dylan Thomas and W.H. Auden
Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Teaching methods
Expository teaching methods
- description
Exploratory teaching methods
- practical
- brainstorming
- biographical
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
- cooperation-based methods
- exchange and discussion methods
Type of course
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:
- final test – W1, W2, W3, U4
- presentation – W1, U1, I2, I4, K1, K2
- participation in discussion and Moodle assignments – W1, U1, U3, U4, K1, K2
Assessment criteria:
The final mark consists of
- final test – 50% of the final grade
- presentation – 20% of the final grade
- participation in discussion and completion of Moodle assignments – 30% of the final grade
fail – 0-59%
satisfactory – 60-69%
satisfactory plus – 70-75%
good – 76-85%
good plus – 86-90%
very good – 91-100%
Practical placement
N/A
Additional information
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