PdF:AJ2BP_BRHC British History and Culture - Course Information
AJ2BP_BRHC History and Culture of Great Britain
Faculty of EducationSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
- Mon 16:40–17:25 učebna 1
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Course objectives
- This is a survey course of British History from Prehistoric times of Britain till the 90s of the last century. Its aim is to provide part of the historical and cultural background necessary for those intending to be become English language teachers, as well as to serve as an introduction and foundation for further studies in British cultures and literature. The lecture class will end with an exam. T
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and be able to explain the main events in the British history and their causes and consequences in relation to British cultures and English society. - Syllabus
- 1. Prehistoric Britain
- 2. Roman Britain
- 3. Anglo-Saxon Britain
- 4. Medieval Britain
- 5. The Tudors Era
- 6. The Stuarts Era:
- 7. Hanoverians
- 8. Queen Victoria and Victorian Britain: the growth of British Empire.
- 9. Towards World War One
- 10. From Interbellum period to World War Two
- 11. From Decolonization to Margaret Thatcher
- 12. Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 13. Geopolitics: Great Britain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth, Politics of the U.K.
- Literature
- The Oxford illustrated history of Britain. Edited by Kenneth O. Morgan. Reissued in new covers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xiv, 646. ISBN 0192893262. info
- EAGLE, Dorothy. The Oxford illustrated literary guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by Hilary Carnell - Meic Stephens. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, vi, 322. ISBN 0192129880. info
- MARWICK, Arthur. British society since 1945. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1990, vi, 430 p. ISBN 0-14-013817-599. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture
- Assessment methods
- Written test.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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