FF:AJ18080 Australia in the Past & Pres. - Course Information
AJ18080 Australia in the Past and Present
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2006
- 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)
- 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
- Tue 11:40–13:15 G21
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
- 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
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-SS)
- Syllabus
- In the course we will look more closely at the history and some of the factors that shaped today's multicultural Australia, and try to find answers to questions like "Who is a 'genuine' Australian?", "What is the relationship between the Aborigines and the Whites?", "What is the role of other ethnic minorities?", "How do some Australian writers and film makers react to different social phenomena?" Materials will include readings by both black and white Australians, as well as videos and films.
- Literature
- WARD, Russel Braddock. Concise history of Australia. Rev. ed. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, xix, 390. ISBN 0702223867. info
- GOODWIN, K. L. (Kenneth Leslie). The Macmillan anthology of Australian literature. Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1990, xxii, 629. ISBN 0-333-50158-6. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Seminar; Assessment: class participation, test, essay.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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