Selected topics in Canadian culture and visual arts 15-KISK-KAN-11

This course aims to study the Canadian culture that was formed as a result of the process of the development of Canadian society and a distinctive Canadian identity and regionalism. The term culture embraces many concepts: both “high” and “popular” culture, culture of achievements and a culture as a way of life, and they all will be looked at and given examples of, ranging from the visual arts and architecture through films and sport. The main focus will be on visual arts and different periods will discussed starting from the colonial to contemporary post-modern art (e.g. Academism, Group of 7, Emily Carr, Automatists, Group of 11) with a view to realizing the relation between historical contexts and the way they fashion worldview.

Module learning aims

(in Polish) 1. przekazanie wiedzy z zakresu historii kultury i sztuki kanadyjskiej 2. rozwinięcie zdolności krytycznej analizy dzieł kultury i sztuki 3. rozumienie procesu powstawania kultury przy współudziale instytucji państwowej 4. rozumienie procesu powstawania tożsamości narodowej i udziału w nim sztuki 5. rozwinięcie umiejętności zastosowania metod badania kultury i sztuki 6. rozwinięcie umiejętności prezentowania i krytykowania poglądów własnych i cudzych 7. rozwinięcie umiejętności rozumienia i postrzegania dzieł sztuki i kultury

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Major

English philology Specialization - Anglophone Canada: literature, culture, language

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

- Teacher Lectures - Students pp presentations - Debates in connection to articles or films watched - Audiovisual (watching movies) - Preparation of quizes by students

Student workload (ECTS credits)

30 hours of classes 20 text reading and analysis 25 preparation of quizes, presentations, film watching 15 hrs preparation for tests and writing an essay 110 total = 4 ECTS

Cycle of studies

2nd cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 1

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

C/C2 knowledge of English

Bibliography

Pryke, K. G., and Soderlund, W. C. 2003. Profiles of Canada. Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press; Vance, F. Jonathan. 2011. A History of Canadian Culture. Oxford University Press; McSorley, Tom (ed.). 2009. Nowe Kino Kanadyjskie. korporacja ha! Art.: Kraków; Bucholtz, Mirosława and Eugenia Sojka. 2010. Państwo- Naród- Tożsamość w dyskursach narodowych Kanady. Kraków: Universytas; Rycerska, Izabella. 2003. Grupy Narodowe i etniczne w systemie politycznym Kanady. Kielce: Wydawnictwo Akademii Świętokrzyskiej; Kasoff, Mark and Patrick James. 2013. Canadian studies in New Millennium. Toronto; Toronto University Press; Reid, Dennis. 2012. A Concise History of Canadian Painting. Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: OUP; Harper, John Russell. 2011. Painting in Canada: A History. Toronto; Toronto University Press.

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