AJ16056 English Social History 1707 - 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
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. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc., M.Litt. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ16056/A: Tue 10:00–11:35 G32, L. Kyzlinková
AJ16056/B: Tue 11:40–13:15 G32, L. Kyzlinková
Prerequisites
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
Students may take English Social History I and II (AJ16055 and 16056) in any order or may take only one of them if they so choose.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course focuses on Englishness and English myths in connection with significant historical periods, and the relationships between nation, culture and identity will be presented. Great figures and changing attitudes towards them, various divides, protests, rebellions, or Englishness versus Britishness will be discussed and commented on. The materials include examples from fiction, in which also domestic features will be traced, providing thus valuable social documents of the period in question.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, requirements, assessment. 2. England and Englishness (Lucas), Dr. Samuel Johnson. 3. Structure of society (Plumb), 18-C society (Elton). 4, Universities, Grand Tour (Hibbert), Industrial Revolution (Plumb). 5. John Wesley, Popular protest and public authority (Holmes). 6. Manners and dress (Hibbert), The Tramp (Porter). 7. Workers on the land, Marriage and divorce (Hibbert). 8. Owners of the land; Mines,brickfields andsweatshops. 9. The English Bobby (Porter), Cruelty (Hibbert). 10.Dressing, smoking, social rank. The Great War (Porter). 11.Wars and Aftermaths, Homes and Holidays (Hibbert). 12.George Orwell: The English People, Notes on nationalism.
Literature
  • CHURCHILL, Winston. Never give in! : the best of Winston Churchill's speeches. Edited by Winston S. Churchill. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Hyperion, 2003, xxxi, 524. ISBN 1401300561. info
  • Myths of the English. Edited by Roy Porter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992, 276 s. ISBN 0745613063. info
  • LUCAS, John. England and Englishness : ideas of nationhood in English poetry, 1688-1900. London: Hogarth Press, 1991, 227 p. ; 2. ISBN 0-7012-0907-099. info
  • PORTER, Roy. English society in the eighteenth century. 1st publ. London: Penguin Books, 1982, 424 s. ISBN 0140220992. info
  • MORTON, A. L. A people's history of England. Edited by J. F. Horrabin. Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1965, 565 s. info
  • ORWELL, George. Decline of the English murder and other essays. First published. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965, 187 stran. info
  • PLUMB, J. H. England in the eighteenth century. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1963, 224 p. ;. ISBN 0-14-020231-5. info
  • CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer. A history of the english-speaking peoples. [Vol. 4], The great democracies [Churchill, 1958, Dodd, Mead & Company]. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958, xi, 403 s. info
  • ORWELL, George. The lion and the unicorn : socialism and the English genius. London: Secker & Warburg, 1941, 126 s. info
Teaching methods
seminars
Assessment methods
Assessment: class work (paper, talk) 20%, 2 written summaries plus comments based on course materials 20%, essay (1,500 - 2,000 words) 60%.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=86
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016.
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