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British Art and Identity I - OPBA2A132B
Title: Britské umění a identita I
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [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: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (16.12.2018)
The first part of the course focuses on British architecture, particularly the significant historical buildings of the last ten centuries. Equally, it deals with the influence of architecture on British social history and its irreplaceable role in shaping and reflecting the society and its national and regional identity. Each of the six thematic units is introduced with a documentary presenting the most relevant buildings of the given historical period. Having completed this course, the students should have gained an insight into the topic and broadened their understanding of British social structure and similiarities or differences between their own and the insular culture and society.
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Dimbleby, David (2007) How we built Britain. London: Bloomsbury.

Dimbleby, David (2009) Seven Ages of Britain. The story of our nation revealed by its treasures. London: Hodder & Stoughton.

Hatherley, Owen (2012) A New Kind of Bleak: Journeys Through Urban Britain. London: Verso Books.

Pragnell, Hubert J. (2007) Architectural Britain: From 1066 to the Present Day. London: National Trust Books.

York, Trevor (2009) British Architectural Styles. An easy reference guide. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books.

Syllabus - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (10.09.2021)

WEEK 1-2

Theme 1: Norman to Perpendicular Style - 7th to 16th c.

First relevant buildings in the East of England, castels, cathedrals and chapels - Ely, Norwich, King's College Chapel

WEEK 3-4

Theme 2: Elizabethan Renaissance - 17th c.

Stately homes and Jacobean houses

WEEK 5-6

Theme 3: Scottish Architecture in Time

Stirling Castle and Scottish Parliament

WEEK 7-8

Theme 4: The Impact of Industrial Revolution - 18th c.

Georgian houses, canals, mines, bridges, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland

WEEK 9-10

Theme 5: Victorian Period and the Urban North - 19th c.

Factories, town halls, hospitals, dance halls, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Blackpool

WEEK 11-12

Theme 6: Modern Britain and the Suburban South - 20th c.

Tower blocks in London, functionalist houses in South East England

 

 
 
Course completion requirements -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (02.09.2020)

credit test 70% minimum, drawing of a building

Language skills are part of the overall assessment.

 
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