2017-2018-1

ANGBA81-8

_Szeminárium, _Gyakorlati jegy

ANGBA8, Any Course Seminar (Excluding Language) - including BAT-related courses

ANGBA8, Any Course Seminar (Excluding Language) - including BAT-related courses

Angol-Amerikai Intézet (BTK Bölcsészettudományi Kar)

heti 2.00

3

nincs korlát

konfirmálandó

The seminar provides a political, social and cultural history of Great Britain in the interwar period (1919-1939) with a view to the European context as well. The course seeks to familiarise students with major historical problems of this era by interpreting relevant primary (literary texts, diaries, newspapers, legal texts, and speeches) and secondary (literature) sources. We will discuss various topics, including the questions of democracy, nationalism, fascism and socialism, or, for example, the post-Victorian cultural milieu. An emphasis will also be laid on questions of social and economic changes in Britain before and after the Great Economic Depression (1929-1933). During this historical study, participants of the course will have a chance to closely examine the ideas of such influential politicians, philosophers, and writers as, for instance, David Lloyd George, Bertrand Russell, Winston S. Churchill, George Orwell, T. S. Eliot, or Virginia Woolf. While discussing various topics, the course will concentrate on the development of different forms of British cultural media, such as newspapers, or new broadcasting technologies and institutions (cinema, radio, or the BBC). Assessment: participation in discussions and debates of the classes (30%), presentation (30%), end term test (40%).