AJ56013 Approaches to Developments in Modern British and Global Contemporary Culture and Related Cultures

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Fri 11:00–12:40 G31
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
This year's course will look at approaches to relations between social, cultural and natural environments through consideration of a series of late twentieth century perspectives on these areas, namely those of Manauel Castells from a sociological perspective, Arran Gare from a an environmental and cultural theory perspective and T.S. Eliot, Edward Dorn and J.H. Prynne from a poetic perspective.
Learning outcomes
Students who complete the course will be expected to have gained an appropriate level of understanding of the areas covered in terms of relations between relevant developments in computer technology, the media, the environment and related socio-economic factors, and as reflected in the analysis presented in the required essay.
Syllabus
  • 1)Sept.20th: ORIENTATION WEEK: NO LESSON 2)Sept.27th: Introductory 3)Oct 4th: Manuel Castells: The Rise of the Network Society: Prologue & Chs.1&2; T.S. Eliot: Four Quartets: Burnt Norton and East Coker 4)Oct 11th: Arran Gare: Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis: Chs 1&2; T.S. Eliot: Four Quartets: The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding 5)Oct 18th: Castells: The Rise of the Network Society: Chs3,5, 6,7; Edward Dorn: The North Atlantic Turbine: The North Atlantic Turbine 6)Oct 25th: Gare Ch.3: Edward Dorn: The North Atlantic Turbine: Oxford: Parts 1-6 7)READING WEEK: NO LESSON 8)Nov.8th: Castells: The Power of Identity 1-3; J.H. Prynne: Kitchen Poems: The Numbers, Diamonds in the Air 9)Nov.15th: Gare.Ch.4; J.H. Prynne: Kitchen Poems:Numbers in Times of Trouble, Sketch For a Financial Theory of the Self, A Gold Ring Called Reluctance 10)Nov.22nd: Castells: Power of Identity Chs 4-6 & Conclusions; J.H. Prynne: The White Stones:The Glacial Question Unsolved, Numbers in Times of Trouble 11)Nov.29th: Castells: End of Millenium Chs1,3,5 & Conclusions; Brass: Royal Fern, L'Extase de M.Poher; The Ideal Star Fighter 12)Dec.6th: Gare.Ch.5; J.H. Prynne: Wound Response: Treatment in the Field; of Movement Towards a Natural Place; Chromatin; Again in the Black Cloud 13)Dec.13th: Deleuze and Guattari: A Thousand Plateaus: Rhizome (Avasilable on Internet); J.H. Prynne: The Oval Window (extracts)
Literature
  • Castells, Manuel The End of Millenium (2nd ed.) (2000) London, Blackwell
  • Prynne, J.H. Poems (1999) Newcastle-Upon Tyne Bloodaxe
  • Eliot, T.S. Collected Poems London Faber (1974)
  • Castells, Manuel The Power of Identity (1997) Oxford Blackwell
  • Castells, Manuel The Rise of the Network Society (2nd ed.) (2000) Oxford Blackwell
  • Dorn, Edward (1967) The North Atlantic Turbine London Fulcrum Press
  • Castells, Manuel Communication Power (2013) Oxford Oxford University Press
  • GARE, Arran E. Postmodernism and the environmental crisis. London: Routledge. vii, 192. ISBN 0415124794. 1995. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught by a combination of group and class discsuuion
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed in terms of oral contribution (40%) and essay (7-10 pages)(60%). essays should be submitted to my IS e-mail address.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017.
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