AJ18080 Australia in the Past and Present

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
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: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 G22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
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
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
In the course we will look more closely at the history and some of the factors that shaped today's multicultural Australia, and try to find answers to questions like "Who is a 'genuine' Australian?", "What is the relationship between the Aborigines and the Whites?", "What is the role of other ethnic minorities?", "How do some Australian writers and film makers react to different social phenomena?" Materials will include readings by both black and white Australians, as well as videos and films.
Syllabus
  • 1: Introduction. Aims and methods. Survey of issues discussed at the course. Reading: CHA Chapter 1 Video: Women of the sun
  • 2:Concept of identity: social, ethnic, personal Indigenous people and their way of life (contributions) Reading: CHA Chapter. 2 Journey into dreamtime/Creation myths
  • 3: Aborigines and their encounters with the white settlers Reading: K.S. Prichard: Flight N’Goola Video: Rabbit-proof Fence
  • 4: Aborigines today. Thinking White? Reading: Brady, V.: Polyphonies of the self: The challenge of Aboriginal Australia Morgan Sally: My Place
  • 5: Immigration. Convicts. Reading: CHA Chapter 3 Tasma Clarke: His natural Life /One hundred Lashes Warung: A bar of steel
  • 6: 19ct.Australia: settlers, squatters, gold rush. Reading: CHA Chapter 4 Patterson: Clancy of the overflow Video: Man from snowy river
  • 7: End of the century. The Bulletin. OZ Myths. Ned Kelly. Women. TradeUnions. Reading: Chapter 5 Franklin: My brilliant career. Video: My brilliant career.
  • 8: Search for Australian self-identity. Commonwealth (legislation). Reading : CHA Chapter 6 Another America (in Inventing Australia). 9: Australia in Wars. Reading : CHA Chapter 7 Video: Gallipolli
  • 10: Post-War Australia Reading: CHA Chapter 8 Film: Father
  • 11: End of 20 ct. Ethnic minorities, immigration. Reading: Boyd, R.: The Australian ugliness Video: Immigration
  • 12: Revision
Literature
  • HUGHES, Robert. The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868. London: Vintage, 2003, xvi, 688. ISBN 0099459159. info
  • WARD, Russel Braddock. Concise history of Australia. Rev. ed. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, xix, 390. ISBN 0702223867. info
  • Images of Australia : an introductory reader in Australian studies. Edited by David A. Carter - Gillian Whitlock. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, 268, [1]. ISBN 0702224472. info
  • GOODWIN, K. L. (Kenneth Leslie). The Macmillan anthology of Australian literature. Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1990, xxii, 629. ISBN 0-333-50158-6. info
  • WHITE, Richard. Inventing Australia : images and identity, 1688-1980. St. Leonards: George Allen & Unwin, 1981, x, 205 p. ISBN 0-86861-027-515. info
Assessment methods
Seminar; Assessment: class participation, test, essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=299
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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