History of Literature of Western Europe and America of the 19th Century

Course: “Foreign Literature and the English Language: Theory and Methodology of Teaching”

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
History of Literature of Western Europe and America of the 19th Century
Code
OK 01.05.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PLO 10, PLO 22, PLO 27. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The successful mastery of the previous courses of the "History of Foreign Literature" as a complex discipline. The knowledge of the steps of the literary process genesis, the understanding of the peculiarities of each period of history foreign literature development. The ability to use the terminology and conceptual apparatus of the literary studies. The mastery of the basic skills of literary analysis and text interpretation.
Course content
The course makes students acquainted with the art movements and the evolution of the Western European and American literature of the 19th century. An attention is paid to bright samples of creativity of the key writers of this period. The study of main features of image thinking in Romanticism and Realism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Symbolism is emphasized. The aim of the course is to describe the main literature phenomena of the stated period and identify interrelations between the philosophical thought, cultural discourse and the literary practice, to analyze the paradigm of the literary genres of these epochs. Learning outcomes include the general skills of literary critical analysis and the ability of independent interpreting of the literary works representing the Western European and American literature of the defined period.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The educational activities include answering at the seminars, the writing of an essay and passing the final test. The work program of the discipline includes the implementation of lectures and seminars, as well as students' independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
The final assessment mark for the course is formed by the sum of the marks of the current and final control. The forms of current control encompass the answers on the seminars (max 35/ min 21 points), preparing an essay (max 15/ min 9 points). When is sum, the forms of the final control make up max 60/ min 36 points. The form of the final control is the exam with max 40/min 21 points for the mark. For the access to the exam the student needs to accumulate at least 36 points. To receive a positive mark for the course, the mark for the exam must be at least 24 points. Correlation scale According to 100-point scale Mark according to national scale 90–100 5 Еxcellent 85–89 4 Good 75–84 65–74 3 Satisfactory 60–64 35–59 2 Fail
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Hanna Oleksandrivna Kanova
Department of Foreign Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Foreign Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology