Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- BBI-ANG17-372E.12
- Title
- Elective seminar in English-Speaking Cultures: Introduction to New Zealand History, Literature, Culture and Film
- Usual semester
- Both
- Published semester
- 2025/26/2, 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- This course aims to: · to provide students with an overview of New Zealand as a country · to familiarise students with the main events (historical and cultural) shaping the development of contemporary New Zealand society · to highlight aspects of biculturalism · to introduce students to a selection of literary works (and film)
- Course content
- · Early explorations of New Zealand · Maory History of New Zealand · NZ geography, landscape and cities · Overview of New Zealand Literature (Katherine Mansfield) · Discussing the film The Whale Rider/Traditional society · Sport, Culture and Language in New Zealand · Meeting of Maori and Pakeha worlds / Keri Hulme: The Bone People · Politics in New Zealand (Government, relationship with the US & Australia) · Contemporary Society
- Assessment method
- Assessment of the course will be based on: a) Attendance, participation b) short presentation on a selected topic c) seminar paper (5-7 pages) d) in-class test
- Bibliography
- Reading (viewing) assignments: Caro, Niki. The Whale Rider. 2002. Hulme, Keri. The Bone People. New York: Penguin, 1984. Ihimaera, Witi. Dear Miss Mansfield: A Tributeto Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. Auckland, NZ: Viking, 1989. Mansfield, Katharine. The Garden Party and Other Stories. London: Constable, 1931. Orange, Claudia. The Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Allen and Unwin New Zealand, 1987. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.teara.govt.nz/en