English Culture

Code:

MEAAM003

Acronym:

CING

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Anglo-American Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAAL	1	Course Programme	1	-	6	55	162
MEAA	7	Study Plan since 2007/2008	1	-	6	55	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

The course aims at bringing students into contact with a number of conceptions of culture that have appeared in England between the end of the seventeenth century and the mid-nineteenth century. By the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired the knowledge and developed capacities that will enable them 1) to have a wide and rich knowledge of the work of the authors studied in the course; 2) to understand the relevance of those works in their socio-historical and ideological context; 3) operatively to employ concepts such as “culture”, “elite”, “taste”, “politics”, “morality”, “intellectual”, “progress”, “decadence”.

Program

TITLE OF THE COURSE: Culture and Anarchy: The Discourse of Virtue from Shaftesbury to Arnold

This course covers a number of conceptions of culture that have appeared in England between the end of the seventeenth century and the mid-nineteenth century. Some of those conceptions have an eminently theoretical character, while others derive from a more or less overt intention of social and political engagement. The topics are organized in two historical clusters.

FIRST HISTORICAL CLUSTER – the Augustan Age:
• Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (selections)
• Addison, The Pleasures of the Imagination
• Bolingbroke, The Idea of a Patriot King
SECOND HISTORICAL CLUSTER – Romanticism / Victorianism:
• Coleridge, The Statesman’s Manual
• Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (selections)
• Arnold, Culture and Anarchy (selections)

Mandatory literature

Addison, Joseph, et al.; The Spectator, ed. Gregory Smith, Dent / Dutton, 1970-79
Arnold, Matthew; Culture and Anarchy and other writings, ed. Stefan Collini, Cambridge University Press, 1993
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount; The Works of Lord Bolingbroke. With a Life, University Press of the Pacific, 2001
Carlyle, Thomas; On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, notes and intr. by Michael K. Goldberg, text established by Michael K. Goldberg, Joel J. Brattin and Mark Engel, University of California Press, 1993
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Lay Sermons, ed. R. J. White, Routledge / Princeton University Press, 1972
Shaftesbury, Anthony, Third Earl of; Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, foreword Douglas Den Uyl, Liberty Fund, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Debate of relevant bibliography. Preparation and oral presentation of research papers. Contribution of short critical essays to electronic platform.

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy
Humanities > History
Humanities > Literature
Social sciences > Political sciences
Social sciences > Cultural studies > Anglo saxon studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Research work	Estudo autónomo	134
	Total:	134,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of no less than 75% of the sessions.
The following assessment requirements should be met:
a) active participation in the seminar;
b) Preparation and oral presentation of a research paper;
c) contribution of short critical essays on the several topics, posted on an electronic platform.

Calculation formula of final grade

Oral presentation of research paper: 40%.
Continuous assessment (including participation in the seminar and critical essays on electronic platform): 60%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n/a

Classification improvement

n/a