AJB_FMBI Folk Music of the British Isles

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJB_FMBI/01: Sat 7. 3. 8:00–13:00 učebna 11, Sat 16. 5. 8:00–13:00 učebna 11, I. Přibylová
Prerequisites
Listening to music from recommended internet sources at home in advance.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course provides a short introduction to traditional and contemporary folk and ethnic music of the British Isles. Discussed areas include England, and Scotland.
In the end of the course you should be able to: DISCUSS selected genres of folk music in their contexts, IDENTIFY the main issues of the selected genre within tradition and the present, and ANALYSE these issues in relation to relevant critical texts.
Syllabus
  • Block I
  • Traditional music of Scotland. Issues, resources, studies. Contemporary folk music. Examples, listening, discussion.
  • Block II
  • Traditional music of England. Issues, institutions, resources. Contemporary folk music. Examples, listening, discussion. Film.
Literature
    required literature
  • COHEN, Ronald D. Folk music : the basics. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 253. ISBN 0415971608. info
  • The invention of tradition. Edited by T. O. Ranger - E. J. Hobsbawm. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 320 s. ISBN 9780521437738. info
    recommended literature
  • Studying British cultures : an introduction. Edited by Susan Bassnett. London: Routledge, 2003, xxvii, 225. ISBN 0415323517. info
  • MUNRO, Ailie. The democratic muse : folk music revival in Scotland. Edited by Morag MacLeod - Hamish Henderson. Revised and updated ed. Aberdeen: Scottish Cultural Press, 1996, xiii, 248. ISBN 1898218102. info
  • The North American folk music revivalnation and identity in the United States and Canada, 1945-1980. Edited by Gillian Mitchell. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2007, 222 p. ISBN 9780754657569. info
  • ACKROYD, Peter. Albion : the origins of the English imagination. New York: Anchor Books, 2002, xxx, 524. ISBN 0385497733. info
Teaching methods
Listening to, discussing and analyzing selected examples of music and text.
Assessment methods
Seminar.
Required:
the presence of a student in both teaching blocks;
home listening, and reading of critical texts;
submitting one response paper (3 600 signs), details will be provided by the instructor.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kulturní seminář. Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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