AJ_FMEC Folk Music of English Speaking Countries

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ_FMEC/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Přibylová
Prerequisites
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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
Course objectives
Students will explore folk music of England, then and now. They will learn general features typical for folk music, and then will explore them on examples of contemporary folk music. They will also learn of the people linked to the history and revival of folk music, and of the position and role of folk music in the electronic age. A wide range of folk song lyrics will be dicussed (on themes such as love, death, drinking, trickery, war, etc.). Listening to the selected recordings is part of the course as well. In the end, students will be able to recognize traces of folk music within other contemporary sounds, will understand why people identify with certain types of music, and will hopefully enjoy listening to contemporary folk music and speaking about it.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the course
  • . Song types, dances, musical instruments
  • . Folk song revivals
  • . New folk
  • . Morris dance
  • . Lyrics and songs, discussion, listening to.
  • . Student´s presentations
  • . Final test.
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Literature
    recommended literature
  • ROUD, Steve and Julia BISHOP. The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. První. London: Penguin Books, 2012, 542 pp. ISBN 978-0-14-119461-5. info
  • The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs in the English Tradition. Backbeat Books; Spi Har/Co edition, 2007.
  • WILLIAMS, Ralph Vaughan and A.L. LLOYD. English Folk Songs. London: Penguin - English Journeys, 2009, 149 pp. ISBN 978-0-14-119092-1. info
Teaching methods
Seminars/workshops.
. Working with recommended resources: song lyrics, sound recordings,documentary films.
. Learning through resource research.
. Presenting the findings.
. Discussing the results.
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Assessment methods
Team presentations.
. Individual response paper.
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Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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