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Ved bedømmelsen af prøvepræstationen vil der blive lagt vægt på, i hvor høj grad den studerende
- demonstrerer kendskab til emnet og de relevante tekster, teorier og problemstillinger.
- demonstrerer færdighed i emnerelateret litteratursøgning, selektion og disponering af et givet stofområde.
- bruger relevante fagbegreber, -teorier og -terminologier.
- anvender relevante analytiske færdigheder opnået gennem det første års kurser (f.eks. at kunne forklare, fortolke, vurdere, sammenligne og skelne) på et afgrænset, mere detaljeret emneområde inden for engelskstudiet.
Great Britain, at the height of its power, controlled a vast global empire comprising a quarter of the world's population, a fifth of its land mass, and was the unrivalled master of its oceans. Understanding the formation and disintegration of this vast empire between the 18 th and late 20 th centuries is critical to understanding the modern world in which we live. In this course students will explore the enduring political, economic, social and cultural legacies of Britain's imperial past.
As British society and culture continues to be transformed as a result of its imperial experience, former colonies - most of which maintain ties with the former metropole through membership in The Commonwealth of Nations - bear the undeniable imprint of British influence. The colonial experience continues to have both positive and negative ramifications in virtually every region of the globe, from North America to the Caribbean to Africa to the Indian subcontinent to Asia and the Middle East. The so-called ‘British Way' of governing, trading, communicating, worshipping, relaxing, and interacting between cultures and in the international system is reflected in everyday life throughout the former empire.
Our examination of various types of sources, including scholarly accounts, media, literature and film, will expose many of the enduring legacies of British imperialism, including in the areas of:
Ingen.
Mark Eaton
Undervisningen i disciplinen foregår på hold, og der lægges vægt på arbejdsformer, der kan omfatte læsning af primær- og sekundærtekster, skriftlige opgaver og/eller mundtlige bidrag fra de studerende, holddiskussioner samt gruppearbejde. Forudsætningen for, at undervisningen forløber tilfredsstillende, er de studerendes regelmæssige tilstedeværelse samt aktive deltagelse i de faglige diskussioner.
Engelsk
Niall Ferguson, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power . New York: Basic Books, 2004.
Additional texts will be made available as a compendium // through FirstClass.
Aktiv, tilfredsstillende deltagelse i undervisningen eller bunden skriftlig prøve eller mundtlig eksamen.
