Foreign Literature. P 5. Romantic Period. Victorian. American Literature of the 19th Century

Course: English Studies and Translation and Two Western European Languages”

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Foreign Literature. P 5. Romantic Period. Victorian. American Literature of the 19th Century
Code
ОК.06.05
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
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyze and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 5. Collaborate with colleagues, representatives of other cultures and religions, supporters of different political views, etc. PLO 8. Know and understand the system of language, the general properties of literature as the art of word, the history of English and the two studied Western European languages, and literature, be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities. PLO 13. Analyze and interpret works of Ukrainian and English fiction and oral folk art, to determine their peculiarities and place in the literary process. PLO 15. Perform linguistic, literary and specific philological analysis of texts of different styles and genres.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Before the course of study students are expected to complete successfully the program’s previous literary disciplines; to demonstrate basic knowledge of literary terms and be competent in applying various methodologies of a literary analysis of text.
Course content
The discipline is aimed at introducing students to the major literary phenomena, reading the central literary texts, overviewing artistic movements and trends in Britain and in the USA of the 19th century. The course involves mastering various approaches to the analysis of a literary text and provides students with professionally oriented competence.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
W. Blake. Songs of Innocence. W. Wordsworth. Selected Poems. S.T. Coleridge. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. G. Byron. Cain. E. A. Poe. Selected Short Stories. Ch. Dickens. Oliver Twist. J. Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Ch.Bronte. Jane Eyre. E.Bronte. Wuthering Heights. W.Whitman. Leaves of Grass. E.Dickinson. Selected Poems. H.James. The Turn of the Screw. The Aspern Papers. Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Білик Н. Англійський роман ХІХ ст. К.: 2020. Бойніцька О. Англійський історичний роман. К.: 2020. Наливайко Д., Шахова К. Зарубіжна література ХІХ століття. К.: 2001. Alexander M. The History of English Literature, 2000. Burgess A. English Literature. A Survey for Students, 2000. Denisoff D., Schaffer T. The Routledge Companion to Victorian Literature, 2019. Drabble M. The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 2000. High P.B. An Outline of American literature. Longman, 2016. Sanders A. The Short Oxford History of English Literature, 2004.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is delivered with the help of such teaching methods as lectures, seminars, students’ individual work. Forms of tuition include oral reports and group discussions at seminars, individual tasks, PowerPoint presentations.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course ends with an exam. Students’ performance during the term is the sum of the points accumulated for their work in classroom (oral reports, group discussions at seminars) and individual work (individual tasks, PowerPoint presentations). The minimum score for the term is 36 points, while the maximum score equals 60. The minimum score for the exam is 24 and the maximum score is 40. If a student does not attain a minimum grade of 36 points, he/she is required to submit the assignments set for this course. The final evaluation of learning outcomes is carried out on a single 100-point scale. There is applied the scale of conformity with grades: Excellent: 90-100; Good: 75-89; Satisfactory: 60-74; Unsatisfactory: 0-59.
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olha Serhiivna Boinitska
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