2011_12
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Facultat de Lletres
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Filologia Anglesa (2001)
 Assignatures
  CULTURA DE LES ILLES BRITÀNIQUES I
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
This course will look at the following topics:

I) Geographical and cultural diversity of the British Isles and Ireland


1. Geography of the British Isles and Ireland: Regional diversity and geographical identities.

2.The people: Immigration and emigration. Ethnic and National identities. Multicultural societies.
II) Main historical, social, economic and ideological developments in the British Isles.
 3. Roman, Vikking, Germanic and Norman invasions.
4. The Medieval period.
5. The Reformation.
6. Science and discovery (17th century).
7. The age of enlightenment (18th century).
8. From unification to colonization; the British Empire (18th - 19th century).
9. The Victorian and Edwardian eras.
10. The Twentieth Century.