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GUA DOCENTE CURSO

2014 - 2015

FACULTAD DE CC. HUMANAS Y SOCIALES

FICHA TCNICA DE LA ASIGNATURA


Datos de la asignatura
Nombre
Cdigo
Titulacin
Curso
Cuatrimestre
Crditos ECTS
Carcter
Departamento
Universidad
Horario
Profesores
Descriptor

Historia y Literatura B (Ingls)


E000000253
Grado en Traduccin e Interpretacin
2
1
6
Optativo
Traduccin e Interpretacin
Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Introduccin a la historia y la literatura inglesa

Datos del profesorado


Nombre
Departamento
Despacho
e-mail

Jack Fleming
Traduccin e Interpretacin
jackmfleming@gmail.com

Telfono
Horario de
Tutoras

657873497
Por cita

DATOS ESPECFICOS DE LA ASIGNATURA


Contextualizacin de la asignatura
Aportacin al perfil profesional de la titulacin
This course is an introduction to the history and literature of the English speaking world. It will provide
students with a bird-eye's view of a thousand years of history, so that they understand the culture, society,
and values of English speaking peoples.
The syllabus covers six different historical/literary periods, and is designed to be as extensive as possible. It
is extensive chronologically starting with the Anglo-Saxon/Norman origins of the English language and
proceeding up to the present day and is extensive geographically looking at historical and literary
movements in England, Ireland and the United States.
In short, it will provide students with a general knowledge and cultural awareness that will serve as a
great asset for the rest of their personal and professional lives. Many of the students are training to be
translators and interpreters, and I will ensure that the course contributes to their training in the following

ways:
1.

By significantly increasing the students' general knowledge of history, culture and literature
throughout the English speaking world.

2.

By improving the student's capacity to analyse a text, and to identify important structural
elements and key ideas.

3.

By teaching the students to use clear language and structured arguments.

4.

By widening the students' English vocabulary and improving their grammar.

5.

By providing ample practice for speaking in public.

6.

By helping students to improve their research and study skills.

The course also teaches the values of team work, debate and class participation.
Punctuality and the ability to meet deadlines will also be taken into consideration when evaluating the
student's performance. Class attendance is obligatory, and an unjustified absence from more than one
third of the classes may result in the student being unable to sit the exam.
Prerrequisitos
An advanced level of English is required to attend this course.

Competencias Objetivos
Competencias Genricas del ttulo-curso
Instrumentales
CGI1 Capacidad de anlisis y sntesis
CGI5 Capacidad de organizacin y planificacin
Interpersonales
CGP10 Razonamiento crtico
CGP11 Habilidades interpersonales
CGP13 Trabajo en equipo
CGP16 Reconocimiento de la diversidad y la multiculturalidad
Sistmicas
CGS18 Aprendizaje autnomo
CGS20 Motivacin por la calidad
CGS22 Comprensin de las culturas y las costumbres de otros pases
Competencias Especficas del rea-asignatura
Conceptuales (saber)
CE15 Conocimientos de la cultura de los Estados Unidos y del Reino Unido
RA1 Tiene conocimientos bsicos sobre las principales corrientes del arte, la arquitectura, la literatura
RA2 Tiene conocimientos globales sobre la geografa, historia y poltica
RA5 Conoce la identidad nacional (smbolos y valores)
RA7 Detecta e identifica el lxico especfico relacionado con temas de la cultura y civilizacin
RA8 Establece relaciones entre las distintas culturas

CE17 Conocimientos de la literatura de los Estados Unidos y del Reino Unido


RA1 Tiene unos conocimientos bsicos sobre la historia de la literatura norteamericana
RA2 Conoce los autores ms importantes y sus obras literarias segn sus pocas, ideales y corrientes
literarios
RA3 Conoce las fuentes necesarias para cualquier investigacin sobre un autor y su obra
RA4 Sabe redactar un comentario de texto en ingls
CE18 Conocimientos de la historia y civilizacin de los Estados Unidos y del Reino Unido
RA2 Tiene conocimientos sobre las acontecimientos histricos ms importantes
RA5 Es consciente de la existencia de las distintas religiones
RA6 Sabe como se estructura la sociedad
Procedimentales (saber hacer)
CE11 Dominio de la Lengua B Ingls (escrito y oral)
RA1 Entiende un texto de forma global y discriminatoria
RA2 Comprende textos de distintos mbitos y registros
RA4 Reconoce y entiende el lenguaje metafrico y elementos expresivos en el texto (irona, sarcasmo,
humor etc)
RA7 Sabe producir un texto del mbito acadmico
RA11 Es capaz de exponer un tema o un trabajo en pblico
CE12 Capacidad de analizar y sintetizar diferentes tipos de textos y discursos
RA1 Posee estrategias para la comprensin de textos
RA2 Comprende y sintetiza las ideas claves de un texto
RA3 Transmite el mensaje esencial de un texto
RA4 Reformula verbalmente y por escrito un texto
CE13 Capacidad de reconocer distintos registros lingsticos del ingls
RA1 Sabe reconocer contextos diferentes y usar el lenguaje adecuado para cada contexto
RA2 Reconoce los distintos registros (formal, coloquial etc)
CE14 Habilidad de resolver dificultades que surgen de la contrastividad lingstica y cultural entre el
ingls y el espaol
RA1 Sabe identificar las dificultades lingsticas en un texto y contrastarlas con la lengua materna
RA2 Es sensible hacia los posibles errores que surgen de la contrastividad del ingls y el espaol
RA4 Detecta en un texto referencias culturales de diversa ndole
RA6 Detecta y analiza distintas formas de expresin idiomtica relacionadas con distintas formas de pensar
y de organizar las ideas
Actitudinales (saber ser)
CEA3 Comprension Final
Respeta la diversidad cultural

BLOQUES TEMTICOS Y CONTENIDOS


PART 1: THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS
THE DARK AGES
Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and the Norman Conquest. Where does the English language come from?
Audio recordings of Beowulf and The Lord's Prayer will be used to illustrate the evolution of English.
Bill Bryson (1990): The Mother tongue. Chapter 4: The First 1000 Years
Open University (video): A History of English in 10 minutes

Early Christianity in England: we will take a brief look at the characters and plot of Beowulf to
illustrate how ancient, pagan notions of heroism blended with Christian values.

THE MIDDLE AGES


The Wife of Bath: The role of women in the late middle ages.
Misogyny or feminine protest?

The Friar's Tale and The Pardoner's Tale: corruption in the Medieval church
PART 2: THE ELIZABETHAN ERA
HISTORY
The Protestant Reformation and the Anglo-Spanish Wars.
Plantations in Ireland and colonisation in the New World.
Everyday life in Elizabethan London.
LITERATURE

Romeo and Juliet: Romantic love in Elizabethan England; the role of fate
Famous soliloquies from Hamlet and Macbeth:
Humanism and the exploration of the human soul through the writings of Shakespeare.
Audiovisual: BBC Documentary, Planet Word
Screen adaptations of Shakespeare
Listening: Radio 4 documentary: Shakespeare's Restless World
Bill Bryson: Shakespeare
PART 3: ENLIGHTENMENT, REVOLUTION AND ROMANTICISM
HISTORY
The British Enlightenment: the Divine Right of Kings vs. libertarianism.
Revolutionary movements in America and France.
The transition from the rational Enlightenment to the passionate Romantic era.
LITERATURE
Jonathan Swift: Gullivers Travels and A Modest Proposal
Romanticism: Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats
The contrast between the Enlightenment and Romantic movements will also be illustrated through music
and painting.

PART 4: IRELAND
HISTORY
Conquest and Protestant ascendancy
The famine and emigration
The Easter Rising and Independence
The troubles in Northern Ireland
LITERATURE
Poems by Yeats: When you are Old and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
James Joyce: Evelyn from Dubliners

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man1


PART 5: AMERICA
HISTORY
The American Dream: its origins and manifestations in American culture
Depending on time constraints and the preferences of students, we will also look at some or all of the
following themes:

The Great Depression


McCarthyism and the Cold War
Race and Civil Rights

LITERATURE
Arthur Miller: Death of a salesman

(The American Dream)

If time permits we will also look at excerpts from some of the following texts:
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of wrath
Harper Lee: To kill a mockingbird
Arthur Miller: The Crucible

(The Great Depression)


(Race)
(McCarthyism and the Cold War)

PART 6: BRITAIN IN THE 20TH CENTURY WAR, CLASS AND EMPIRE


HISTORY
The British Empire and its decline
The Great War
Class in British Society (if we have time)
LITERATURE
Joseph Conrad: An Outpost of progress (a short story)
Somerset Maugham: The Force of Circumstance (a short story)
George Orwell: Burmese days (excerpt from the novel)
The War poets: Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen
1

Students will only be required to read excerpts from the selected texts or, in the case of plays, watch
film adaptations. Only those who chose to do write about a particular text for their written work will be
required to read the novels or plays in their entirety.

PART 7: SHORT STORIES


We will read and discuss the following short stories:
Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind
D.H. Lawrence: Things
Ray Bradbury: A Sound of Thunder
Woody Allen: The Rejection

METODOLOGA DOCENTE
Aspectos metodolgicos generales de la asignatura
THE GENERAL LEARNING PROCESS
1. Introduction
Each new topic is introduced as follows:
a)

Firstly, the teacher briefly assesses the students' prior knowledge of the subject by eliciting
ideas and themes that they believe are likely to come up. This brainstorming session allows
the students to take stock of their prior knowledge and to share it with others, as well as
sparking interest in the subject before it is formally introduced.
b) The teacher then presents the subject orally, and writes key concepts on the whiteboard. At
this stage students are encouraged to ask questions and take notes.
c) The teacher's presentation is accompanied by texts read out together in class and/or
audiovisual media such as films, radio podcasts, speeches, and so on.
2. Research and discussion
Once the new topic has been introduced, students will gain a greater knowledge of the subject through a
combination of individual study, oral presentations and class discussion.
a) Students will be given texts to read at home (or occasionally recordings to listen to).
b) At the start of each lesson a student will be selected to give a short presentation of the text/
recording to the rest of the class.
The reading and the student's presentation will serve as the basis for a class discussion, in which all
students are encouraged to participate with questions and comments.
WRITTEN WORK
After completing Part 4 of the course (Ireland) students will be required to do an individual piece of
written work of between 2000 and 3000 words.
They are free to choose any topic, historical or literary, that is related to the time periods and literary
movements we have studied. The teacher will suggest ideas, and students may choose their own topic in
consultation with the teacher.
One option for the written work is to write about a novel or a play. I have included below a few

suggestions, but any English-language novel or play may be chosen in consultation with the teacher.
Those students who think they are likely to choose this option are advised to begin their reading well in
advance.
Any play by Shakespeare.
Frank McCourt: Angelas Ashes
Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy
George Orwell: 1984
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of wrath
(this is a very long novel, but I have an audio version I can lend to students)
Harper Lee: To kill a mockingbird
James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Metodologa Presencial: Actividades

Competencias

-Lecciones de carcter expositivo

CGI1
CE11, CE15, CE17, CE18

-Sesiones interactivas y participativas generales de presentacin de


contenido

-Ejercicios prcticos y resolucin de problemas grupales o individuales

CGI1, CGP10, CGS22


CE11, CE13, CE14, CE15,
CE16, CE17, CE11, CE18

CGI1, CGI5, CGP10,


CGP11, CGP13, CGS18,
CGS20, CGS22
CE11, CE12, CE17, CE18

-Presentacin y exposicin de temas o trabajos grupales o individuales sobre


temas de historia y literatura

CGI1, CGI5, CGP10,


CGP11, CGP13, CGS18,
CGS20, CGS22
CE11, CE17, CE18

Metodologa No presencial: Actividades

Competencias

-Lectura individual

CGI1, CGI5, CGS18,


CGS22
CE11, CE 12, CE17, CE18

-Elaboracin de trabajos colectivos

CGI1, CGI5, CGP11,


CGP13, CGS20, CGS22

CE11, CE18
-Aprendizaje cooperativo a travs actividades en aula virtual: Foros de
debate, ejercicios prcticos

-Estudio individual

-Tutoras con el profesor individuales o grupales

CGI1, CGI5, CGP11


CGP13, CGS18, CGS20,
CGS22
CE11, CE12, CE17, CE18

CGI5, CGS18
CE17, CE18

CGS18, CGS20
CE11, CE17, CE18

EVALUACIN Y CRITERIOS DE CALIFICACIN


ACTIVITIES

Final exam
Written work
Oral presentation
Homework
Participation
Attendance and punctuality

RESUMEN PLAN DE LOS TRABAJOS Y CRONOGRAMA


ACTIVITIES
Individual written work

Individual presentation

PROPORTION
OF FINAL
MARK
50%
15%
8%
7%
10%
10%

Submission date / frequency


After completing part 4 of the course
submission deadline to be
confirmed.
Every student will give at least one
oral presentation. One or more
students will be chosen at the end of
each class to give a presentation at the
start of the next class.

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