Elective on English Culture, Literature and Art
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Course code
GRA6831.HT
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Course title in Estonian
Valikkursus inglise kultuurist, kirjandusest ja kunstist
Course title in English
Elective on English Culture, Literature and Art
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov (language of instruction:English)
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Getting acquainted with peculiarities of British culture from mid-19th century (high Victorian time) to the 21st century. Understanding connections between historical events, political and social processes and culture.
Brief description of the course
A deeper insight into the culture of Victorian England. Looking at social situation and historical and political influences, addressing questions of history and identity (e.g. empire, Englishness, diaspora). Industrialism, tradition and innovation. Woman’s role in society and family from the Victorian age to the 20th c.; women writers, artists, models. The influence of American mass culture and peculiarities of British culture after WWII. Photography, film, experimental 20th c. art forms, pop-and mass culture. Feminism, British modernism, postmodernism, contemporary literature and art. Significant writers and artists of different periods. Issues of race, ethnicity, identity and cultural memory in present-day British society.

Study methods: lecture, seminar (participation and presentation), discussion, group work.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has gained an understanding of British culture, literature and art from Victorian age to the present day, connecting them to social and historical context, as well as to contemporary issues;
- is familiar with the work of significant writers and artists and their role in British culture;
- has got an idea of the role of British culture in world culture.
Teacher
Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov
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