AJ16070 London: Fictions and Facts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:30–14:05 K23
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II ) && AJ06002 Intro. to British Studies II
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will look at aspects of fiction and urban studies relating primarily to post-War London in the period from 1945 to 1990 but in both cases relating developments in that period to longer-term perspectives on the city's history. The aim will be to provide a comparative analysis in these respects on the way in which the psychology, sociology, politics, both imperial and post-imperial can be seen as affecting its inhabitants. Students completing the course will be asked to discuss and, in an end of term essay, analyse relevant elements of the development of a world city with an eye to its historical development and current, complex constitution.Relevant fictional texts are available through e-prezencka in the library; extract from non-fictional materials are available on ELF.
Syllabus
  • Week 1:Sept.22nd:INDUCTION WEEK : NO LESSON Week 2:Sept.29th:Introductory Week 3:Oct.6th:Peter Ackroyd: The Great Fire of London (1);London: The New Metropolitan Geography Ch 2 (Green); Week 4:Oct.13th: P. Ackroyd: Peter Ackroyd: The Great Fire of London (2); Michael Hebbert: London The First Six Miles/The Last Six Miles (Chs.2-30) Week 5: Oct.20th:M. Moorcock: Mother London(1&2): Urban Colonialism and the World -Economy (King): Chs 4&5: Viewing the World As One (1/2); Cain & Hopkins Ch.11. Week 6: Oct.27th: M.Moorcock: Mother London (3&4); Global Cities: King: Ch 5 (pp.71-125) Week 7:Nov.3rd M.Moorcock: Mother London (5&6); Docklands (Foster) Chs.8&9 (extracts) Week 8:Nov.10th M. Ali: Brick Lane (1) A New Metropolitan Geography: Ch.10 Race and Ethnicity in London (Jones) Week 9:Nov.17th:READING WEEK: NO LESSON Week 10: Nov. 24th:M.Ali: Brick Lane (2);Hebbert: London: Ch.7: Londoners Week 11:Dec.1st:G.Ryman:253(1); Hebbert Ch.8: A New Geography Week 12:Dec 8th: G Ryman:253(2); Cain & Hopkins: London as Late Imperial City Week 13:Dec.15th:I.Sinclair: London Orbital: Colne & Green Way; Diggers & Despots; The Dog & the Dish: Soothing the Seething
Literature
  • Global Cities: Post-Imperialism and the Internationalization of London King, Anthony D London Routledge 1990
  • Urnan Colonialism and the World-Economy: Cultural Foundations of the Word Urban System King, Anthony London Routledge 1990 D
  • London : A New Metropolitan Geography Hoggart, Keith & Green, David R London Edward Arnold 1991
  • London : More By Fortune Than Design Hebbert, Michael, Chichester, Jon Wiley & Sons 1998
  • Cain, P.J & Hopkins, A.J. British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction Harlow, Essex, Longman 1993
  • Doclands,: Cultures in Conflict, Worlds in Collision Foster, Janet, London UCL Press, 1999
  • 253 Ryman, Jeff
  • ALI, Monica. Brick lane. London: Black Swan, 2004, 491 s. ISBN 9780552151597. info
  • SINCLAIR, Iain. London Orbital : a walk around the M25. London: Penguin, 2003, 577 s. ISBN 0141014741. info
  • MOORCOCK, Michael. Mother London : a novel. London: Penguin Books, 1989, 496 s. ISBN 0140112995. info
  • ACKROYD, Peter. The great fire of London. London: Sphere Books, 1984, 169 s. ISBN 0349100608. info
Teaching methods
Teaching by mini-lecture and group and class discussion in the form of ninety-minute seminars.
Assessment methods
Assessment by attendance and oral contribution (40%) and end of term essay of 5-7 pages (double-spaced) (60%)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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