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Lecturer(s)
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Ženíšek Martin, PhD
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Šilhánek Ivan, Doc.
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Course content
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One of the consequences of the status of English as a global language is the fact that anglophone culture exists not only where it is the first language, but also where it is the second. Some writers have adopted English to such a degree that they now write in it. This is connected both with the legacy of the British Empire and the emergence of English as a global language, due in large part to the internet. This course does not use the nation as the frame for culture, rather it concentrates on how anglophone culture functions across the globe (mainly in literature, film and music). As introduction to this overlap of language and culture, we will begin with David Crystal's English as a Global Language; transnational theory will also furnish a way to understand this new approach to culture. This will allow us to both freshly see older cultural phenomena in an international context and also understand newer ones.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 22 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 10 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| No prerequisites. |
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| Students must be able to analyze intercultural engagement between their own and anglophone culture, as covered in ACPA. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| After completion of this course students will be familiar with - several key works of contemporary anglophone literature - the main outlines of both postcolonial and globalization theories |
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| Students will analyze both old and new cultural phenomena from the international anglophone world, and be able to identify and analyze emergent works. |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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