AJ46001 History and Culture of the United Kingdom

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc., M.Litt. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 10:50–12:25 G31
Prerequisites
Course Books: McDowall, David. An Illustrated History of Britain, 1989. (History); Franková, Kyzlinková, Hardy (eds.). British Studies: A Reader, 2002. (Reader). Storry, Childs (eds.). British Cultural Identities, 1997 (BCI)
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
The aim of this course is to introduce the student to the study of Britain's past and present by considering the interrelated topics of national identity, social relations, education, political representation and the role of the media. The topics are approached through discussion and cross-cultural comparison based on a selection of materials which include press cuttings, essays, theoretical articles, videos and background reading in history. The course also includes some introductory practice in academic writing.
Syllabus
  • Wk 1 History: Earliest Times (C 1-3), Reader (Society):Montgomery. Institutions and discourse. Wk 2 History: Early Middle Ages (C 4-6), Reader (Society): Williams. Keywords …, Carr. What is History? Wk 3 History: Late Middle Ages (C7-9), Reader (Identities): Hugh Kearney: Four nations or one? Wk 4 History: Tudors (C10-12), Reader (Identities) North and South Wk 5 History: Stuarts (13-15), Reader (Identities): Northern Irish Troubles Wk 6 History: 18C (C16-18), Reader (Ethnicity): Background to Immigration Wk 7 History: 19C (C19-21), Reader (Social Class): Paul Johnson: The only way to change the class system Wk 8 History: 20C (C22-23), Reader (Generation, Gender): Youth Culture Wk 9 BCI: Gender, sex and the family, Reader (Generation, Gender): Gender, Sexism in Language Wk 10 BCI: Education, work and leisure, Reader (Education) The hidden curriculum and work Wk 11 BCI: Class and politics, Reader (Royalty): Judith Williamson: Royalty and Representation Wk 12 BCI: Ethnicity and language, Reader (Media): Abercrombie, Warde. Advertising and Persuasion, Popular television drama
Literature
  • KYZLINKOVÁ, Lidia. A Reader. editor: doc. Milada Franková, CSc. M.A. In British Studies. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1999, 128 pp. učební texty. ISBN 80-210-2119-5. info
  • British cultural identities. Edited by Mike Storry - Peter Childs. London: Routledge, 1997, xxii, 350. ISBN 0415136989. info
  • MCDOWALL, David. An illustrated history of Britain. Harlow: Longman, 1989, 188 p. ISBN 0582044324. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: final test, 5 written summaries, class talk. / Hodnocení: závěrečný test, 5 písemných komentářů a referát.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x2.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=3
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2025.
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