Historia de Gran Bretaña I

UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA y LETRAS
ESCUELA DE LENGUAS MODERNAS
LICENCIATURA EN LENGUA INGLESA
PROGRAMA DE ACTIVIDADES
AÑO 2012
HISTORIA DE LA CULTURA
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN I
Segundo año
Carga horaria: tres horas semanales. Materia anual
OBJETIVOS DE LA ASIGNATURA
-lograr que los alumnos:
* conozcan y comprendan los procesos políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales de la
historia de Gran Bretaña desde las primeras oleadas migratorias hasta 1603
* analicen los cambios estructurales en la relación Estado-sociedad a partir de las temáticas
seleccionadas
* desarrollen habilidades como pensar críticamente y comparar
* puedan leer y expresarse en forma oral y escrita con corrección en idioma inglés.
UNIDADES TEMÁTICAS
UNIT I: BRITAIN IN EARLY TIMES
Prehistory of Britain. The Celtic tribes. The Roman Conquest. Britain under the Late Empire:
Roman institutions, everyday life, urban development, Christianity. The end of Roman rule.
UNIT II: THE AGE OF SETTLEMENTS
The invasions and migrations of Saxons, Angles, and Jutes. The Heptarchy. The Anglo
Saxon society. Christianity. The Viking Invasions (Norwegians and Danes). Alfred the Great
and consequences of the Danish invasions. Edgard from the House of Wessex. The return of
the Vikings: The Danish conquest. King Cnut. The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Edward
“the Confessor”.
UNIT III: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
The Norman Conquest. Feudalism. Social structure. Political structure. Law and justice.
Church and religion. Economy.
UNIT IV: THE CRUSADES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Loss of the French possessions. Position of the Church. The Magna Charta. Parliamentary
origins. Political struggles. Urban revival. Trade and commerce.
UNIT V: ENGLAND AT WAR
The Hundred Years’ War. The Black Death. A significant transformation: wealth, population,
and social change. Commerce: wages and prices. The rise of Parliament.
UNIT VI: STILL AT WAR
Social uprisings and spiritual unrest. The Hundred Years’ War II. The Wars of the Roses.
Towards a Nation.
UNIT VII: THE TUDOR AGE
Henry VII. The reign of Henry VIII: the Reformation in England. The Counter-Reformation.
The struggle with Spain. The Elizabethan Age. Social developments in Elizabethan England.
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PRUEBAS PARCIALES, MONOGRAFÍA Y PRESENTACIONES
La materia es promocionable
Se evaluará a los alumnos a través de:
Dos pruebas parciales –se agregará un tercer examen parcial para los alumnos que estén en
condiciones de promocionar la materia-, un trabajo monográfico y la presentación oral de
diversos temas que se irán asignando durante el año.
EVALUACIÓN FINAL
Los alumnos que no promocionen la materia deberán rendir un examen final oral.