2014_15
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
A A A 
català 
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Assignatures
  INTRODUCCIÓ A LA CULTURA DELS PAÏSOS DE PARLA ANGLESA
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
1. The British Islands and Ireland Countries and contested lands (geography, climate, demography, etc.)
2. A History of Four Nations History, immigration and settlements: England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland)
3. British history England: the power and expansion of English culture.
National institutions and literary legacy.
4. The United Kingdom The Twentieth century: politics, government, society (political and educational institutions, the social welfare). Multicultural society.
5. The UK and culture. Cultural icons in/of the United Kingdom: Cultural diversity.
6. Ireland Historical legacy and colonial disruptions.
Ireland in the twentieth century: 'Inventing/Constructing Ireland':from the 'Troubles' to the 'Celtic Tiger'
7. Ireland Myths and legends in Irish culture. Cultural Icons in/of Ireland.
8. USA Culture The country (geography, climate, demography, etc.)
The people (settlement, immigration, women and minorities)
9. USA Culture Cultural icons in/of the United States
10.The British Empire and the Commonwealth 11.1 The British Empire: expansion and decline
11.2 Origin, justification, extension, and purpose of the Commonwealth
11. African Cultures 12.1 The history of South Africa: the Dutch settlers, the arrival of the British, the Boer War, the Great Trek, and the system of Apartheid
12. Indian Cultures 13.1 The complexity of Indian history, the struggle for independence and partition
13.2 States, regions, and languages of the Indian subcontinent
13.3 The English language and in Indian cultures.
13. The Caribbean Cultures 14.1 Thearrival of the Europeans
14.2 The sugar plantations and the slave trade
14. Canadian and Australian Cultures 15.1 Canada. Land disputes and colonial settlements.
15.2 Australia's origins as settle colonies
15. The English language and globalisation 16.1 English in the world. Political intitutions, global economy, science, travel, the arts.