Course code

GRA6831.HT

old course code

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 2025/2026 Spring semester

Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Getting acquainted with English culture from the mid-19 th century England to the wider 21st century Anglophone sphere. Understanding connections between historical events and
political and social processes and culture and cultural expression.

Brief description of the course

The course begins with 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. Englishness, empire, diaspora). Tradition and innovation. Selected writers and artists from the first half of the 20th century, concluding with WWII, and from contemporary culture. Looking at issues of gender, race, ethnicity, identity and cultural memory in British, American and wider English-speaking societies through a range of (popular) culture and art forms such as literature, visual art, film, etc. Selected works will be approached through cultural theory and critical perspectives such as gender studies, realism, postmodernism, postcolonial theory, etc.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has gained an understanding of British and Anglophone culture, literature and art from the Victorian age to the present day, connecting them to social and historical context, as well as to contemporary issues;
- demonstrates understanding of cultural theoretical frameworks discussed and has gained the ability to apply them to the analysis of works of literature and art.

Teacher

Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov

Additional information

Study methods: lecture-seminar, discussion, group work.

Study programmes containing that course

Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/26.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/25.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/24.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/23.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/22.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/21.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/20.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/19.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/18.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/17.HT)