18th-Century English Cultural History
Vorlesung, 2 SWS
- Termin:
- Freitag, 09:20 - 10:50 Uhr
- Beginn:
- 12.10.2018
- Ort:
- W48/004
Inhalt
The 18th century was a period in which some British kings did not speak English, England and Scotland became politically united as Great Britain, and colonialism saw its climax in the British Empire only to suffer a severe setback with the independence of the American colonies. It was a time of political corruption, of the Enlightenment and its demise in Romanticism, of “the rise of the novel”, the oratorio as a new musical genre, the development of “British“ art, the landscape park as an art form, the rise of a specific English national identity. And, last but not least, the beginning of the industrial revolution helped Britain become a leading world power. This list could be extended almost indefinitely. To sum it up, 18th-century British cultural history is a period characterised by multifaceted events and developments in which the interplay between specific national, international and global developments come increasingly into the foreground.
In the lecture course, major events and developments will be presented as patches that bring this contradictory and complex period to life. The following fields of representation will be introduced (among others):
• Enlightenment,
• political culture, incl. the rise of political parties and the office of the Prime Minister
• the rise of the British Empire and colonialism,
• the coffee house as a site of intellectual life,
• the landscape garden and English/British architecture,
• the industrial and French revolutions,
• “Gothic“ and Romanticism as contrasting reactions.
Voraussetzungen
Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache
- Lehrende/Vortragende:
- Herr Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühn
- Nachweise:
- Teilnahmebestätigung, 1 Cr.
- Ansprechpartner:
- Frau Prof. Köhler
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