AJ28083 Selected Topics from Australian History in Film

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
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: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 8:20–9:55 32
Prerequisites
! AJ18080 Australia in the Past & Pres.
This course is designed for students who have NOT taken AJ 18080
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course will deal with selected chapters of Australian history in film. The film presentation will enable the students to understand better the relationships between indigenous peoples and whites. The discussions will adress the identity and acculturation problems and demonstrations of racism not only in the past but also today. Some attention will be given to the new generations of white Australians and to the position of women in Australian society.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introduction:Australia- geography, administrative units, early history. Film industry in Australia. Video: Women of the sun Week 2: Indigenous peoples'social organization, first encounters with the whites Week 3: Video: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Week 4: Search for identity.Definition :social identity, personal identity. Video : The Rabbit Proof Fence Week 5: Australian policy of assimilation and its consequencies Week 6: Indigenous people today.Video: Where the Green Ants Dream Week 7: Film: My brilliant Carreer Week 8: Women in Australia Week 9: Video: Gallipoli Week 10: Australia in Wars Week 11: Video: Immigration Policy (documentary) Week 12: Australia after 1945 Literatura:Russel Ward: Concise history of Australia OUP 1965 Wimmer, Adi: Australian Nationalism reconsidered Whitlock, Gillian: Images of Australia OUP 1992 Bourke, Colin et al.: Aboriginal Australia OUP 1994
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006.
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