AJ_FMEC Folk Music of English Speaking Countries

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017

The course is not taught in Spring 2017

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
Prerequisites
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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
Students will explore folk music of England and Scotland, then and now. They will learn general features typical for traditional music, and then will explore them on examples of contemporary folk music. They will also learn of the people linked to the history and revival of folk music, and of the position and role of folk music in the digital age. A wide range of folk song lyrics will be dicussed (on themes such as love, death, drinking, trickery, war, etc.). Listening to the selected recordings is part of the course as well. Reading and discussing academic literature on culture, tradition and identity. In the end, students will be able to recognize traces of traditional music within other contemporary sounds, will understand why people identify with certain types of music, and will hopefully enjoy listening to contemporary folk music and speaking about it.
Syllabus
  • Basic areas:
  • . Song types, dances, musical instruments
  • . Folk song revivals, people and institutions
  • . New folk
  • . Morris dance
  • . Lyrics and songs, discussion, listening to.
  • . Student´s presentations
  • . One short response paper.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs in the English Tradition. Backbeat Books; Spi Har/Co edition, 2007.
  • COHEN, Ronald D. Folk music : the basics. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 253. ISBN 0415971608. 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
Teaching methods
Seminars/workshops.
. Learning through given materials: lyrics, sound recordings, films.
. Learning through resource research.
. Presenting your findings.
. Discussing the results.
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Assessment methods
Team presentations.
. Individual response papers.
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Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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