FF:AJ16055 Eng. Social History - Course Information
AJ16055 English Social History 1066 - 1707
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2012
- 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)
- PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc., M.Litt. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
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 12:30–14:05 G25
- Prerequisites
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
Students may take English Social History I and II (AJ16055 and 16056) in any order or may take only one of them if they so choose. - 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-GE)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-GK)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-MA)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-TV)
- Course objectives
- This course will try to show how the English people came to form a community and what kind of community it has been in its successive stages of development. Some theories of national culture and the relationship between nation, culture, and identity will be presented and dis-cussed. Englishness and some English myths will be explored while focusing on scenes of English life in significant periods of English history in chronological order. Some handouts will be based on such fiction that reflects the situation of the English people in a particular period. The materials will include a number of video extracts taken from older or recent films of British production.
- Syllabus
- Introduction. King Arthur.
- Anglo-Saxon Culture. Elements of National Identity.
- Feudal England. Norman Practice, Thomas Becket.
- Crime and Punishment. Ethnic Basis of National Identity.
- Hundred Years' War. The Nation of England.
- Church, State and Society. Social Reform.
- Readers and Music Makers. Social Structure and Change.
- Basic Education and Universities.
- Fifth of November, Catholics and Puritans.
- Causes of the Crisis. Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- Desperate Counties. The Ferment in Ideas and Society.
- Restoration Society. Glorious Revolution.
- Family, Sex and Marriage: Characteristics.
- Literature
- SCHAMA, Simon. A history of Britain [1] : at the edge of the world? : 3000BC-AD1603. 1st. pub. London: BBC Books, 2000, 352 s. ISBN 0563487143. info
- Myths of the English. Edited by Roy Porter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992, 276 s. ISBN 0745613063. info
- SMITH, Anthony D. National identity. 1st ed. London: Penguin books, 1991, 226 s. ISBN 0-14-012565-5. info
- STONE, Lawrence. The family, sex and marriage :in England 1500-1800. 1st abridged, rev. ed. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1979, 446 s. ISBN 0-14-022165-4. info
- CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer. A history of the English-speaking peoples. Vol. 1, The birth of Britain [Churchill, 1967]. 11th ed. London: Cassell, 1967, xxi, 416 s. ISBN 0-304-91646-3. info
- MORTON, A. L. A people's history of England. Edited by J. F. Horrabin. Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1965, 565 s. info
- ABRAM, A. (Annie). English life and manners in the later middle ages. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1913, xv, 352 p. info
- Teaching methods
- seminars
- Assessment methods
- Seminar Assessment: talk in class, contribution, summary/ summaries for course materials (30%), final essay 70%.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=53
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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