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HISTORY OF ENGLISH CULTURE
cod. 12711

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Letteratura inglese (L-LIN/10)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to analise the part Great Britain had in the formation of modern sport, and to stress how this global phenomenon is crucial in the definition of both social and cultural identity of Great Britain.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Sporting Britannia. The invention of modern sport.

The aim of this course is to analise the part Great Britain had in the formation of modern sport, and to stress how this global phenomenon is crucial in the definition of both social and cultural identity of Great Britain. The codification of most moderns sports occured during the Victorian age as a result of many major changes in British culture, society, and material conditions of life, which will be the subject of our lessons.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Enrico Martines, Sporting Britannia (lecture notes)
Richard Holt, Sport and the British, London, Routledge, 2008.
Norman Davies, Isole. Storia dell’Inghilterra, della Scozia, del Galles e dell’Irlanda, Bruno Mondadori Economica, 2004.
Asa Briggs, L’Inghilterra vittoriana, Editori Riuniti, 1978.
Readings:
Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown’s Schooldays.
Charles Dickens, Pickwick Papers.
Charles Dickens, Epsom, in Household Words, June 7th 1851.
C.L.R. James, Beyond a Boundary, London, Serpent's Tail, 2000.
David Morley, Kevin Robins (eds.), British Cultural Studies. Geography, Nationality, and Identity, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Teaching methods

Lecture.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam.

Other information

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