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British Studies - OEB2301065

Title:	British Studies
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2016 to 2016
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/1, MC [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / 0 (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: ZENISEK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2016)

The course is aimed at cultivating the students’ awareness of British cultural diversity and historical background, while simultaneously boosting their competence and confidence at giving a short audiovisual presentation on a topic of their choice (see the syllabus below). The length of an individual presentation must not exceed 15 minutes (if there are 3 presentations per session, the target speaking time should be 10 minutes). The topics for the first 4 sessions are decidedly “low-brow” and user friendly, to make up for the short period of time for preparing the presentation. The students who are about to give the presentation are asked to arrive at least 10 minutes before the class or upload their .ppt file prior to the presentation (provided there is no audio or video file appended to it). The students are also asked to take two online quizzes

Literature - Czech

Last update: ZENISEK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2016)

Doporučená literatura:

1. Higgins, M., Smith, C. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture). Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0521683463.

2. Turner, G. British Cultural Studies. Routledge, 2002. ISBN-13:978-0415252287.

3. Driver, S. Understanding British Party Politics. Polity, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0745640785.

4. Wright, T. British Politics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0199661107.

5. Bryson, B. The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way. William Morrow, 1990. ISBN-13: 978-0380715435.

6. Hughes, A., Trudgill, P., Watt, D. English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition (The English Language Series). Routledge,

2012. ISBN-13: 978-1444121384.

7. Hochschild, A. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves. Mariner Books, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0618619078.

8. Darwin, J. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain. Bloomsbury Press, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1620400388.

9. Winch, D. (Ed.) Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population'. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-0521429726.

10. Autorské online kvízy vytvořené za pomoci softwaru Hot Potatoes + audio z veřejných zdrojů.

11. Susan Basnett ed. (1997). Studying British Cultures. Routledge. London.

12. Krzysztof Knauer and Simon Murray eds. (2000). Britishness and Cultural Studies:

          Continuity and Change in Narrating the Nation. Slask Wydawnictwo Nankowe. Katowice.

3.    Mike Storry and Peter Childs eds. (1997) . British Cutural Identities, Routledge, London

4.      Vaughan-Rees, M., Bystrom, P., Bateman, P. (1995). In Britain. Chancerel.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: ZENISEK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2016)

Credit requirements: 80% attendance (2 unexplained absences allowed); a brief PPT file which is to be (1) presented in class and (2) uploaded through Moodle.

One presentation topic is by default assigned to one student, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Every presentation must also include a brief check-up section (i.e. questions).

The completion of two online quizzes.