English in Art. and Culture 340-AR1-3CGPE

BA, stationary
compulsory
3rd year, 1st semester
all credits from the previous year
30 h, mainly outside university
visiting, guiding tours, participation in culturak events
3 ECTS points
20 h of homework

Term 2023:

None

Term 2024:

This course aims to enhance the student's ability to critically analyze cultural and artistic products such as visual arts, films, dance, theatre, literature, and more while developing the necessary linguistic skills. We will delve into the concept of artistic and creative imagination, explore how it is portrayed in different cultural and artistic works, and ponder its relevance to our everyday lives.

Prerequisites (description)

The aim of the course is to develop the skills in the cirtical analysis in cultural manifestations such as art, film, theater and literature.

Course coordinators

Term 2024:

Zdzisław Głębocki

Term 2023:

Kamila Drapało

Type of course

obligatory courses

Bibliography

Flower, J., Berman, M., Build Your Vocabulary, LTP
Harmer, J. Rossner, R., More Than Words, CUP
Hadfield, J., Advanced Communication Games, Nelson
Jones, L., Ideas, CUP
Kuropatnicki, A., Mały słownik tematyczny, Wiedza Powszechna
Ladousse, G. P., Speaking Personally, CUP
McCarthy, M., English Vocabulary in Use, CUP
Misztal, M., Tests in English Thematic Vocabulary, Wyd. Szkolne I Pedagogiczne
Thomas, B. J., Indermediate Vocabulary and Idiom, Longman
Thomas, B. J., Advanced Vocabulary and Idiom, Longman
Vince, M., FC Language Practice, Heineman
Vince, M., Advanced Language Practice, Heineman
Wellman, G., The Heineman English Wordbuilder, Heineman
Matase, M., English Advanced Vocabulary and Structure Practice, Altravox Press
Le Robert & Nathan, Angielski współczesny słownik tematyczny, REA
Prodromou, L., Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate, Longman
Matasek M., Słownictwo agnielskie dla zaawansowanych. Handybooks, Poznań, 2003.
Brochures and information about cultural institutions.

Term 2023:

None

Term 2024:

Feature films:
A selection made with the students

Texts:
Martin Heidegger, „The Origin of The Work of Art” (Cambridge University Press, https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/01140/excerpt/9780521801140_excerpt.pdf)

Thinking Film: Philosophy At The Movies (ed. By Richard Kearney, Murray Littlejohn, Bloomsbury 2023)

Anacarnation and Returning to the Lived Body with Richard Kearney (ed. by Brian Tranor, James L. Tanor, Routledge 2023)

Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs The Humanities (Martha Nussbaum, The Public Sqare, 2010)
The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy (Martha Nussbaum, Cambridge University Press 2001)

Longhurst, B., Introducing Cultural Studies (3rd Edition). Taylor & Francis, 2016.

Broukal M. All About the USA: A Cultural Reader, Pearson Education 2007
Christopher D., British Culture. An Introduction. Routledge 2015

Payne M., Barbera J.R (ed), A Dictionary of cultural and critical theory, Wiley-Blackwell 2010

Selected materials from:
www.englishcurrent.com, www.kialo.com, www.onestopenglish.com (MacMillan), culture.pl,

Podcasts and lectures from:
transom.org, www.ted.com, www.linguahouse.com, www.bbc.co.uk, learnenglish.britishcouncil.org, channel.louisiana.dk,
artsandculture.google.com

Additional Literature:
Imagination Now: A Richard Kearney Reader, ed. by Murray Littlejohn (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Illustrated edition, 2020)
Selected readings by Byung chul han
Selected readings from The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
(https://andphilosophy.com/books/)

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 340-AR1-3CGPE in USOSweb