AJ48001 Commonwealth Literatures and Cultures

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Fri 10:50–12:25 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ40999 Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
On completion of this course the students will have the knowledge of conditions that lead to colonization in general; on the example of Australia, they will be able to see the impact of colonization on indigenous cultures and the subsequent developments in a colonized country.
Syllabus
  • Introduction.18th century Britain. Indigenous way of life before 1788.
  • Aborigines and their encounters with the white settlers.
  • Stolen generations.
  • Landscapes of indigeneity.
  • Indigenous Peoples and Culture Today: Conditions, Practice, Acceptance.
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Literature
    recommended literature
  • WARD, Russel Braddock. Concise history of Australia. Rev. ed. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, xix, 390. ISBN 0702223867. info
  • Images of Australia : an introductory reader in Australian studies. Edited by David A. Carter - Gillian Whitlock. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, 268, [1]. ISBN 0702224472. info
  • GOODWIN, K. L. The Macmillan anthology of Australian literature. Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1990, xxii, 629. ISBN 0333501594. info
  • RICKARD, John. Australia : a cultural history. London: Longman, 1988, xiv, 309 s. ISBN 0-582-49329-3. info
    not specified
  • COWAN, James and Edward J. COWAN. Mysteries of the dream-time :The spiritual life of Australian aborigines. Revised ed. Libri citationum et sententiarum, seu, Knihy pů: Prism Press, 1992, 144 s. ISBN 1-85327-077-6. info
  • Australian short stories. Edited by L. Kasatkina. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975, 399 s. info
Teaching methods
Instruction based on class discussion of assigned readings and videos.
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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