FPF:UCJANGBP42 Selected Chapters from Angloph - Course Information

UCJANGBP42 Selected Chapters from Anglophone Cultures

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

Prerequisites (in Czech)

TYP_STUDIA(B)

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 critical debates about the historical context and analysis of 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 of race, culture and nation
• 3. Multicultural Britain
• 4. Scotland - geography and people, clans
• 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 - culture, the legacy of the empire
• 12. Cultural studies and orientalism
• 13. Transnationalism

Teaching methods

lecture, seminar

Assessment methods

written test

Language of instruction

English

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