English Society and Culture II
The course unit contextualises England\'s economic, social, political, and cultural dynamics from the Industrial Revolution to post-Brexit British society. It also examines key events that marked these different periods, leading to profound worldview changes and shaping all areas of life and society.
English Society and Culture II focuses on two broad historical periods spanning the 18th to the 21st centuries:
• Modernity and Victorianism, with an emphasis on Industrialisation, the British Empire, and the ideological currents underpinning these periods (Utilitarianism, Idealism, Liberalism, and Romanticism);
• Modernity and Postmodernity, focusing on the two major world conflicts of the 20th century and the developments at the turn of the 21st century, which brought about significant divisions and profound changes.
THEME 1: INDUSTRIALISATION
A | Industrial Revolution
B | Utilitarianism; Liberalism; Idealism; Utopian Socialism
THEME 2: VICTORIANISM
The Intellectual Critique of Industrialisation; the peak and decline of the Victorian Era
THEME 3: THE ERA OF THE GREAT WARS AND THE POST-WAR PERIOD
The two World Wars of the 20th century; the post-war periods
THEME 4: FROM THE LATE 20TH CENTURY TO BREXIT
From the turn of the 20th century to post-Brexit British society
Black, Jeremy. A History of the British Isles. London: Macmillan, 1997. (Páginas 168-287)
Heyck, T.W. The Transformation of Intellectual Life in Victorian England. London & Canberra: Croom Helm, 1982.
Houghton, Walter E. 1957. The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1985.
Kearney, Hugh. 1989. The British Isles. A History of Four Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006. (Páginas 158-334)
Luísa. Sociedade e Cultura Inglesas. eUAb — Coleção Universitária, Nº 34. Lisboa: U Aberta, 2024. [MANUAL DA UC; Capítulo III — A MODERNIDADE em diante].
https://repositorioaberto.uab.pt/handle/10400.2/15291
Marwick, Arthur. 1982. British Society since 1945. London: Penguin, 2003.
---. Culture in Britain since 1945. Oxford UK & Cambridge USA: Blackwell, 1991.
More, Charles. 2007. Britain in the Twentieth Century. London and New York: Routledge, 2014.
Viana Ferreira, J.C. Primórdios da Modernidade em Inglaterra, Um Estudo da Cultura Inglesa. Cadernos de Anglística-14. Lisboa: Colibri, 2008.
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Obra de referência (organização de trabalhos):
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
E-learning.
The preferred evaluation method is continuous assessment. Students who are unable to follow this mode of assessment may opt to complete a Final Examination.
Continuous Assessment:
– 40%: Work carried out throughout the semester, corresponding to two e-Folios (e-Fólio A and e-Fólio B), submitted via the virtual classroom, along with participation in the proposed activities.
Note: Due to technical constraints, the marks awarded for work carried out as part of the proposed activities will be recorded under the designation ‘e-Fólio C’.
– 60%: Completion of a final written assignment, referred to as the e-Fólio Global.
Final Examination:
The final examination consists of a single written test at the end of the semester.
Students are expected to acquire the course unit Manual listed in the bibliography before the start of the course, as it is required from the first week of the semester onwards.
Students should have good knowledge/command of the English language, a basic understanding of Europe and England\'s historical and cultural contexts, and regular access to a computer with a broadband Internet connection.
Although there are no formal prerequisites, students are advised to take the Society and Culture course units sequentially.
This course unit is part of the GOPA Project (Online Gamification: An Alternative Pedagogy), which promotes an active methodology in the teaching and learning process.
Language of instruction: Portuguese