AJL18080 Australia in the Past and Present

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 G23
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJL01002 Practical English 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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon a successful completion of this course the student will have a deeper insight into Australian multicultural society and an understanding of the contexts of its development.
Syllabus
  • 1: Introduction. Aims and methods. Survey of issues discussed at the course. Reading: CHA Chapter 1 Video: Women of the sun
  • 2:Concept of identity: social, ethnic, personal Indigenous people and their way of life (contributions) Reading: CHA Chapter. 2 Journey into dreamtime/Creation myths
  • 3: Aborigines and their encounters with the white settlers Reading: K.S. Prichard: Flight N’Goola Video: Rabbit-proof Fence
  • 4: Aborigines today. Thinking White? Reading: Brady, V.: Polyphonies of the self: The challenge of Aboriginal Australia Morgan Sally: My Place
  • 5: Immigration. Convicts. Reading: CHA Chapter 3 Tasma Clarke: His natural Life /One hundred Lashes Warung: A bar of steel
  • 6: 19ct.Australia: settlers, squatters, gold rush. Reading: CHA Chapter 4 Patterson: Clancy of the overflow Video: Man from snowy river
  • 7: End of the century. The Bulletin. OZ Myths. Ned Kelly. Women. TradeUnions. Reading: Chapter 5 Franklin: My brilliant career. Video: My brilliant career.
  • 8: Search for Australian self-identity. Commonwealth (legislation). Reading : CHA Chapter 6 Another America (in Inventing Australia). 9: Australia in Wars. Reading : CHA Chapter 7 Video: Gallipolli
  • 10: Post-War Australia Reading: CHA Chapter 8 Film: Father
  • 11: End of 20 ct. Ethnic minorities, immigration. Reading: Boyd, R.: The Australian ugliness Video: Immigration
  • 12: Revision
Literature
  • HUGHES, Robert. The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868. London: Vintage, 2003, xvi, 688. ISBN 0099459159. info
  • WARD, Russel Braddock. Concise history of Australia. Rev. ed. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, xix, 390. ISBN 0702223867. info
  • Images of Australia : an introductory reader in Australian studies. Edited by David A. Carter - Gillian Whitlock. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, 268, [1]. ISBN 0702224472. info
  • GOODWIN, K. L. (Kenneth Leslie). The Macmillan anthology of Australian literature. Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1990, xxii, 629. ISBN 0-333-50158-6. info
  • WHITE, Richard. Inventing Australia : images and identity, 1688-1980. St. Leonards: George Allen & Unwin, 1981, x, 205 p. ISBN 0-86861-027-515. info
Teaching methods
One 2 hour seminar per week
Assessment methods
Assessment: class participation 20%, test 80%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=299
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