FPF:UCJANGBP42 Selected Chapters from Angloph - Course Information
UCJANGBP42 Selected Chapters from Anglophone Cultures
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- UCJANGBP42/A: Mon 8:05–9:40 M8, M. Crhová
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English (programme FPF, ANGbp)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to further develop students' awareness of the specifics and differences of English-speaking cultural groups. The course aims to prepare students to engage in debates about various cultural products of the English-speaking sphere.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to discuss various topics in the field of Anglophone cultures.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction and overview - moving boundaries of cultural studies
- 2. Colonialism - concepts culture and nation
- 3. Multicultural Britain
- 4. Wales and Scotland - geography and people
- 5. Ireland - transformation and identity
- 6. United States - Melting Pot Vs. Salad Bowl, the American Dream, individualism and independence
- 7. Indian Studies
- 8. Canada - geography, cultural mosaic
- 9. Australia - Australian languages, "stolen generations", National Sorry Day
- 10. New Zealand - European settlement, Kiwi, Maori
- 11. India - the legacy of the empire
- 12. Cultural studies and orientalism
- 13. Closing remarks
- Teaching methods
- lecture, seminar
- Assessment methods
- written test, in-class presentation, seminar paper
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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