History of British and Irish literature 2 1.N3.EP.33

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
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Course content:
Preromanticism (Graveyard School of Poetry, the beginning of the novel)
Romanticism (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, Austen)
Victorian period (Tennyson, Browning, Dickens)
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
presentation, discussion, reading of literary texts, analysis and interpretation of selected literary texts, ICT tools/e-learning/MSTeams if needed

Field of study

English Philology

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS: 3 0,5 ECTS – 15 hours: participation in classes, 2 ECTS – 60 hours: preparation to classes, extensive reading 0,5 ECTS - 15 hours: consultations

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

part-time studies academic profile

Type of course

obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 2

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Requirements

Introduction to literary studies History of British and Irish literature 1

Course coordinators

Term 2022/23-L:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Sławomir Kuźnicki

Term 2024/25-L:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Magdalena Mączyńska

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

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. take part in a debate - present and evaluate different opinions and positions in terms of philology and discuss them (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)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. oral test 70% of final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,7)
2. presentation 10% of final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,7)
3. active participation 20% of final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

pass at 60% of the final grade

Bibliography

Reading list
The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
The Oxford Anthology of English Literature.
Baldick, Ch., Literary Terms.
Cuddon, J.A., Dictionary of Literary Terms.
Culler, J., Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction.
Daiches, D., A Critical History of English Literature.
Głowiński, M., Słownik terminów literackich.
Montgomery, M., The Ways of Reading.
Sanders, A., The Short Oxford History of English Literature.
Zbierski, H., Historia literatury angielskiej.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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