English Culture - the Formation of Modern England

Code:

LLC022

Acronym:

CIFIM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	23	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To familiarize students at a fairly deep level with the history of the British Isles, considering selected aspects of society and worldview pertaining to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, students should be able to recognise fundamental data pertaining to the cultural, social and political history of the British Isles in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and to have developed their skills in cultural and literary analysis.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non applicable.

Program

Title of the programme: MODERNITY, FREEDOM AND IDENTITY IN BRITISH CULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

 

Considering the general topic mentioned above, this course will examine some of the principal aspects of the political, social and intellectual history of the British Isles in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing in particular on the period between the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 and the early decades of the eighteenth century. The following are among the relevant aspects to be covered:

- the significance of the Glorious Revolution and of the Bill of Rights of 1689 in the context of the establishment or consolidation of a liberal political system;

- the development of a consumer society, and of an imperialistic and sectarian society; the ethics of capitalism and individualism;

- the Enlightenment, Classicism, and the quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns;

- issues of identity – national, class, gender;

- the role of the arts and the question of taste.

 

The syllabus is organized along the following lines:

1. The Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 – ideas and context

Documents for analysis: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government and Epistola de Tolerantia (selections); Bill of Rights.

2. The formation of a public sphere and of a sense of identity(ies) in the Augustan Age; the new sociability and the commodification of culture

Documents for analysis: The Tatler, The Spectator and other eighteenth-century periodicals (selected articles).

3. Protestantism, individualism and imperialism

Document for analysis: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.

Mandatory literature

Joseph Addison; The^spectator. ISBN: 0-460-00164-7
Donald Frederic Bond; The^Tatler. ISBN: 978-0-19-969012-1
Daniel Defoe; The^life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe
John Locke; Two treatises of government. ISBN: 0-521-35730-6
Locke, John; A Letter Concerning Toleration & Other Writings, Liberty Fund, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Erin Mackie; Market à la mode. ISBN: 978-0-8018-7253-2
Erin Mackie; The^commerce of everyday life. ISBN: 0-312-11597-0
Donald J. Newman; The^spectator. ISBN: 978-0-87413-910-5
T. C. W. Blanning; The^culture of power and the power of culture. ISBN: 978-0-19-926561-9
John Brewer; The^pleasures of the imagination. ISBN: 0-00-255920-X
Robert Bucholz; Early modern England. ISBN: 0-631-21393-7
Colley, Linda; Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837, Vintage, 1992
Barry Coward; The^Stuart age. ISBN: 978-0-582-77251-9
Hoppit, Julian; A Land of Liberty? England 1689-1727, Clarendon Press, 2000
Newton Key; Sources and debates in english history. ISBN: 0-631-21391-0
Roy Porter; English society in the eighteenth century. ISBN: 0-14-013819-6
Roy Porter; Enlightenment. ISBN: 0-14-025028-X
Black, Jeremy; Culture in Eighteenth-Century England: A Subject for Taste, Hambledon and London, 2005
Robertson, Ritchie; The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790, Allen Lane, 2020

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition and discussion of the relevant historical and cultural contexts.

Analysis and critical commentary of the texts selected for the syllabus.

Supervision of written assignments.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > English literature
Humanities > Philosophy
Humanities > History > Modern history
Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > History > Social history

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum 75 % attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam = 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non applicable.

Internship work/project

Non applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Non applicable.

Classification improvement

In accordance with Faculty rules.