AJ16051 British Empire

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc., M.Litt. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Distant monarchs and their colonies.
  • From commerce to imperial enterprise.
  • Colonial expansion. End of slavery.
  • Victorian stability, activity, liberal ideas.
  • Defeat of the imperial idea. Independence by degrees.
  • The British in India in fiction> Kipling's Kim.
  • E.M. Forster's A Passage to India
  • Paul Scott's Staying On.
  • Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: Colonised cultures
  • Anti-Colonial Resistance.
  • Orientalism, Kim and Orietalism.
  • On National Culture.
Literature
  • FORSTER, E. M. A passage to India. Edited by Oliver Stallybrass. London: Penguin Books, 1989, 362 s. ISBN 0-14-018076-1. info
  • SCOTT, Paul. Staying on. London: Pan Books, 1989, 255 s. ISBN 0-330-30839-4. info
  • KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. London: Macmillan & Co., 1964, 421 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar; seminar paper and participation, final essay
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
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