AJ16058 Introduction to Scottish and Welsh History, Society and Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable
Tue 11:40–13:15 35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && 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 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
The course will look at aspects of Welsh & Scottish history, society, politics and culture, focusing primarily on developments in the twentieth century and on questions relating to national and regional identity.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Feb 24-Introductory Week 2 March 2-Nations,nationalisms, imagining and storytelling; Anderson, Zizek, Marquand, Week 3 March 9-Welsh history, society, culture & politics; R.Williams, R. Thomas, P. Morgan,K. Gramich (G. Williams, J.Morris,) Week 4 March 16-(Anglo-)Welsh fiction; E. Humphreys, N. Griffiths, C. Prichard, R. Williams; T. Bianchi Week 5 March 23 (Anglo-)Welsh poetry& criticism: Aneurin/Taliesin; D. Thomas,R.S.Thomas,T.Curtis, D. Jones,D.Johnston Week 6 March 30-Scottish history/society & politics: R. Killeen, (T. Steel). Week 7 April 6- Scottish culture,society & politics - D.McCrone, C.Harvie,H.Trevor-Roper, J. Osmond Week 8 April 13 -Reading Week Week 9 April 20-Scottish poetry - MacDiarmid,Maclean, Morgan, Leonard,Herbert,Kay Week 10 April 27 - Scottish Fiction 1 - Pre-contemporary/ Alisdair Gray Week 11 May 4 - Scottish Fiction 2 - Iain Banks/ Irvine Welsh Week 12 May 11 - Scottish Fiction 3 - Kennedy, Kelman, Owens,and others Week 13 May 18 -Welsh & Scottish film
Literature
  • Welsh, Irvine Trainspotting London Minerva 1994
  • Hunphreys , Emyr Mel's Secret Love Penguin 1976
  • (ed.) Crick, Bernard National Identities Oxford Blackwell 1991
  • Curtis, Tony Aztecs in Troedrhwigwair: Recent Fctions in Wales Cardiff 1995
  • Harvie, Christopher Scotland & Nationalism London Routledge 1994
  • Killeen, Richard A Short History of Scotland Dublin Gill & Macmillan
  • Griffiths, Neill Sheepshagger
  • Kelman, James No, Not While The Giro London Minerva 1989
  • Thomas, R.S. Collected Poems London Phoenix 1993
  • Thomas, R.S. Cymru or Wales? Llandysul Gomer 1992
  • Williams, Raymond Border Country Hogarth Press 1960
  • Brown, George Mackay Winter Tales London Flamingo 1996
  • Johnston, Dafydd The Literature of Wales Univ. of Wales Press 1994
  • (ed.) Matthews, John The Bardic Source Book London Blandford 1988
  • Un Nos Ola Leuad (One Moonlit Night) Caradog Prichard Penguin 1995
  • Jones, David In Parenthesis London Faber & Faber 1963
  • eds. Hulse, M. et al. The New Poetry Newcastle Bloodaxe 1993
  • Kelman, J, Owens A, Gray, A Lean Tales London Vintage 1995
  • STEEL, Tom. Scotland's story. Pbk. ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994, 416 s., [2. ISBN 0-00-637003-9. info
  • BANKS, Iain. The crow road. London: Abacus, 1993, 501 s. ISBN 0-349-10323-2. info
  • The invention of tradition. Edited by E. J. Hobsbawm - T. O. Ranger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, vi, 322. ISBN 0521437733. info
  • ANDERSON, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedi. Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. Rev. and extended ed. London: Verso, 1991, xv, 224 p. ISBN 0-86091-329-5. info
  • GRAY, Alasdair. Lanark :a life in four books. London: Paladin, 1987, 560 s. ISBN 0-586-08613-7. info
  • WILLIAMS, Gwyn A. When was Wales? :a history of the Welsh. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985, xiii, 327. ISBN 0-14-013643-6. info
  • GRAY, Alasdair. 1982 Janine. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985, 345 s. ISBN 0-14-007110-5. info
  • MORRIS, Jan. The matter of Wales : epic views of a small country. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, v, 442 p. ISBN 0-14-008263-849. info
  • BROWN, George Mackay. Hawkfall and other stories. London: Triad/Panther Books, 1983, 255 s. ISBN 0-586-05770-6. info
  • THOMAS, Dylan. The collected stories. London: J.M. Dent, 1983, xv, 362 s. ISBN 0-460-04603-9. info
  • MACDIARMID, Hugh. Collected poems of Hugh MacDiarmid. New York: Macmillan, 1962, xiii, 498. info
  • THOMAS, Dylan. Under the Milk Wood : a play for voices. London: J.M. Dent, 1954, ix, 101. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003.
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