This course focuses on language improvement with particular emphasis on the development of productive skills, i. e. speaking and writing.
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 59
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 54
This course offers a brief survey of British literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic period, focusing on the key authors and literary works.
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 67
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course examines a diverse range of American writing produced between the end of the First World War and the dawn of the 21st century. It not only studies the texts against the background of the social upheavals of the times, but also against the evolving path of American literary history in the twentieth century.
REQUIRED READING:
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily"
Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People"
F. S. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
David Mamet, Oleanna
Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 1
This course is designed for students who want to improve their academic writing skills and learn how to write a solid research paper in English. It is based on the assumption that students are familiar with the basic writing process and have mastered the skill of writing a 5-paragraph argumentative essay. They will learn how to do research, evaluate sources, paraphrase and summarize, acknowledge sources, use them for support, create a list of works cited in the MLA format, etc.
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 1
This course introduces students to the traditional triad of literary genres -- fiction, poetry, and drama -- and examines the interrelationships between language and aesthetic experience. It fosters close study, analysis, and appreciation of literary texts and the ways in which writers consciously employ language to give aesthetic expression to the experiences of senses, emotions, intellect, and imagination.
- Učiteľ: Lucia Grauzľová
- Zapísaní študenti: 2