AJ16058 Introduction to Scottish and Welsh Literature, History and Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003
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
Thu 18:20–19:05 31, Thu 19:10–19:55 31
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 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
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 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 27-Introductory Week 2 March 6-Nations,nationalisms, imagining and storytelling; Anderson, Castells, Marquand, Benjamin Week 3 March 13 - Reading Week 4 March 20-Welsh history, society, culture & politics; R.Williams, R. Thomas, P. Morgan,K. Gramich (G. Williams, J.Morris,) Week 5 March 27-(Anglo-)Welsh fiction; E. Humphreys, N. Griffiths, C. Prichard, R. Williams; T. Bianchi Week 6 April 3- (Anglo-)Welsh poetry& criticism: Aneurin/Taliesin; D. Thomas,R.S.Thomas,T.Curtis, D. Jones,D.Johnston Week 7 April 10-Scottish history/society & politics: R. Killeen, (T. Steel). Week 8 April 17- Scottish culture,society & politics - D.McCrone, C.Harvie,H.Trevor-Roper, J. Osmond Week 9 April 24 -Scottish poetry - MacDiarmid,Maclean, Morgan, Leonard,Herbert,Kay Week 10 May 1st - Public holiday Week 11 May 8th - Public holiday Week 12 May 15-Scottish fiction: Banks, Gray, Mackay Brown, Kelman, Kennedy, Owens, Welsh Week 13 May 22-Welsh & Scottish film
Literature
  • Un Nos Ola Leuad (One Moonlit Night) Caradog Prichard Penguin 1995
  • Griffiths, Neill Sheepshagger
  • Williams, Raymond Border Country Hogarth Press 1960
  • Johnston, Dafydd The Literature of Wales Univ. of Wales Press 1994
  • eds. Hulse, M. et al. The New Poetry Newcastle Bloodaxe 1993
  • Thomas, R.S. Cymru or Wales? Llandysul Gomer 1992
  • Hunphreys , Emyr Mel's Secret Love Penguin 1976
  • Jones, David In Parenthesis London Faber & Faber 1963
  • Kelman, J, Owens A, Gray, A Lean Tales London Vintage 1995
  • Welsh, Irvine Trainspotting London Minerva 1994
  • (ed.) Crick, Bernard National Identities Oxford Blackwell 1991
  • Kelman, James No, Not While The Giro London Minerva 1989
  • Thomas, R.S. Collected Poems London Phoenix 1993
  • Curtis, Tony Aztecs in Troedrhwigwair: Recent Fctions in Wales Cardiff 1995
  • Killeen, Richard A Short History of Scotland Dublin Gill & Macmillan
  • Brown, George Mackay Winter Tales London Flamingo 1996
  • Harvie, Christopher Scotland & Nationalism London Routledge 1994
  • (ed.) Matthews, John The Bardic Source Book London Blandford 1988
  • 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 2004.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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