Předmět Iris Murdoch: spisovatelka a filozofka (AJ24055)

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Cíl

At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain some of the principle ideas of Iris Murdoch's philosophy in relation to her fiction writing. After reading Murdoch's Booker Prize-winning novel The Sea, the Sea and a selection of theoretical and philosophical texts, students will be able to analyse, discuss and interpret Murdoch's fiction in the light of her views on novel writing and her moral philosophy. The course will develop the students' skills of critical thinking, literary analysis and work with secondary literature. Students will employ and apply the acquired knowledge and skills of analysis and interpretation in writing their end-of-term essay.

Osnova

IRIS MURDOCH THE NOVELIST AND THE PHILOSOPHERWeek l: IntroductionMurdoch in the context of the British novel since World War IIWeek 2: Murdoch's philosophyfrom: "The Sovereignty of Good", "The Idea of Perfection"Week 3: Murdoch on Plato (from The Fire and the Sun)"Art and Religion" (Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals)Week 4: "Against Dryness"Bryan Magee "On natural novelist and unnatural philosophers"Week 5: The Sea, the SeaRonald Bryden "Talking to Iris Murdoch"Murdoch's realism, pattern vs. contingency, the supernaturalWeek 6: The Sea, the SeaMalcolm Bradbury "A House Fit for Free Characters"Murdoch's novel charactersWeek 7: The Sea, the SeaJohn Haffenden, from The Novelists in InterviewMurdoch's symbolism and Shakespearean interestWeek 8: The Sea, the SeaMartin Hilsky's review"the idea of perfection" in the novel: love, freedom, attention, words and communication; MurdochlandWeek 9: The Sea, the SeaA S Byatt "The Murdoch Theatre"the artist and the saint: the good, power and evilWeek 10: Murdoch's other novels (A Message to the Planet)contemporary issues: politics, feminism, sex, homosexualityWeek 11: Murdoch's other novels (The Green Knight)Martin Hilský on Murdoch (Současný britský román)Week 12: ConclusionsBrian Appleyard "Tiny Spark"Hensher and Skidelsky "The dying of the light"

Literatura

MURDOCH, Iris. The sea, the sea :[a rich, crowded, magical love story]. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. 520 s. ISBN 0-14-005199-6. infoBYATT, A. S. Degrees of freedom :the early novels of Iris Murdoch. London: Vintage, 1994. x, 358 s. ISBN 0-09-930224-1. infoBYATT, A. S. (Antonia Susan). Iris Murdoch [Byatt, 1976]. Edited by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Harlow, England: Published for the British Council by Longman Group, 1976. 42 p. ; 22. ISBN 0-582-01252-X. infoFRANKOVÁ, Milada. Human relationships in the novels of Iris Murdoch. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1995. 93 s. ISBN 80-210-1191-2. infoSPEAR, Hilda D. Iris Murdoch [Spear, 1995]. Houndmills: Macmillan, 1995. xiii, 139. ISBN 0-333-51923-X. infoCONRADI, Peter (Peter J.). Iris Murdoch : the saint and the artist. London: Macmillan Press, 1986. xvi, 304 p. ISBN 0-333-32846-922. infoIris Murdoch and the search for human goodness. Edited by Maria Antonaccio - William Schweiker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. xx, 266 s. ISBN 0-226-02113-0. infoMURDOCH, Iris. The green knight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994. 472 s. ISBN 0-14-023166-8. infoMURDOCH, Iris. The sovereignty of good. London: Ark Paperbacks, 1985. 106 s. ISBN 0-7448-0028-5. infoSir Gawain and the green knight. Edited by Betty Radice, Translated by Brian Stone. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974. 185 s. ISBN 0-14-044092-5. infoFRANKOVÁ, Milada . The Green Knight and the Myth of the Green Man. In Brno Studies in English. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995. s. 77-83. Č. 21. ISBN 80-210-1206-4. info

Garant

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.

Vyučující

prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A.