AJ16052 British Culture and Society Since 1945

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2006
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)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ06002 Intro. to British Studies II
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
The period covered by this course coincides with the rise and development of British Cultural Studies as a new field of study. We will try to map out the cultural scene in Britain from World War II to the present day, highlighting the new ideas and various trends in literature, drama and film as well as the lifestyles and concerns of mainstream and minority cultures as they emerged decade by decade. At the same time we will trace the development of some of the theories and approaches in British Cultural Studies. The materials used will include Arthur Marwick's British Society Since 1945, essays by T.S. Eliot, Richard Hoggart, Dick Hebdige, Germain Greer, Stuart Hall, Brian Appleyard and others, as well as extracts from films.
Syllabus
  • BRITISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY SINCE 1945 Week 1: Introdution The forties: Film: Brideshead Revisited Week 2: The fifties: Marwick: Hearth, Home and Street Corner; Eliot: Notes Towards the Definition of Culture; Appleyard: Modest Windows; Film: Look Back in Anger Week 3: The fifties: Marwick: Consensus Re-examined; Hebdige: Hiding in the Light; Appleyard: Small, Clear; Film: Plenty Week 4: The sixties: Hoggart: The Uses of Literacy; Willis: The Motorbike Film: Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Week 5: The sixties: Marwick: Critiques, Boutiques and Pop Films: Scandal, Morgan Week 6: The sixties: Marwick: End of Victorianism; Enoch Powells speech Film: If Week 7: The seventies: Marwick: Tolerance and Confrontation, The Winter of Discontent; The Troubles in Northern Ireland; Punk; The British Urban Riots; Film: Sid and Nancy Week 8: The seventies: Marwick: Gimmie a Man After Midnight; Oakley: What Is a Housewife? Greer: The Ideal; Mitchell: A Science of Persons; Film: Equus Week 9: The eighties: Marwick: The Process of Change; Hayek: Material Conditions; Morris: Freeing the Spirit of Enterprise; Film: My Beautiful Launderette Week 10: The eighties: Marwick: The Hallmark of a Civilisation; Sampson: Thatchers Conservatism; Film: Sammie and Rosie Get Laid Week 11: The nineties: Sampson: Democracy in Crisis Film: The Journey Week 12: The nineties: Prochazka: The Head that Wears the Crown Film: Britannia Hospital
Literature
  • MARWICK, Arthur. British society since 1945. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1990, vi, 430 p. ISBN 0-14-013817-599. info
  • ABERCROMBIE, Nicholas and Alan WARDE. Contemporary British society : a new introduction to sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1988, xii, 538 s. ISBN 0-7456-0224-X. info
  • SAMPSON, Anthony. The changing anatomy of Britain. Coronet ed. Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, xxii, 521. ISBN 0-340-28434-X. info
  • British cultural identities. Edited by Mike Storry - Peter Childs. London: Routledge, 1997, xxii, 350. ISBN 0415136997. info
  • MARWICK, Arthur. Culture in Britain since 1945. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991, xiv, 206 s. ISBN 0-631-17191-6. info
  • GREER, Germaine. The whole woman. [Velká Británie]: Anchor, 2000, 452 s. ISBN 1-86230-057-7. info
  • GREER, Germaine. The female eunuch. London: Paladin, 1971, 354 s. ISBN 0-586-08055-4. info
  • JORDAN, Glenn and Chris WEEDON. Cultural politics :class, gender, race and the postmodern world. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995, xv, 624 s. ISBN 0-631-16228-3. info
  • ENTWISTLE, Harold. Class, culture, and education. London: Methuen, 1977, x, 214 p. ISBN 0-416-75710-365. info
  • BALIBAR, Étienne and Immanuel WALLERSTEIN. Race, nation, class :ambiguous identities. 1st pub. London: Verso, 1991, vii, 232 s. ISBN 0-86091-542-5. info
  • Gender, race and class in media :a text-reader. Edited by Gail Dines - Jean M. Humez. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1995, xxi, 648 s. ISBN 0-8039-5164-7. info
  • SKEGGS, Beverley. Class, self, culture. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2004, 226 s. ISBN 0-415-30086-X. info
  • WADE, Peter. Race, nature and culture :an anthropological perspective. 1st pub. London: Pluto Press, 2002, vi, 150 s. ISBN 0-7453-1454-6. info
  • Dictionary of English language and culture (Variant.) : Longman dictionary of English language and culture [1992, Longman] : Longman dictionary of English language and culture [1998, Longman]. info
  • The end of class politics? : class voting in comparative context. Edited by Geoffrey Evans. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, xv, 364 s. ISBN 0-19-828095-5. info
  • Politics and culture : a theory, culture & society series. London: SAGE Publications, 1997. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: essay and participation. / Hodnocení: esej a aktivita ve výuce
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
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