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Đất nước học Anh-Mỹ - Note in class
Intercultural Communication (Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ- Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội) lOMoAR cPSD| 30964149
INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH & AMERICAN STUDIES
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Assessment: Quiz (15%), Seminars: Presentation & Discussion (25%), Sitting Exam (60%) Self-study: week 6,9
Việt Nam: hành pháp, lập pháp, tư pháp Why am I here in ULIS?
W1: NATION STATE – STATE NATION Sovereignty includes:
- Territorial integrity: có lãnh thổ rõ ràng, có biên giới
- Internal authority/ sovereignty: có bộ phận quản lí lãnh đạo (tự trị)
- External recognition: sự công nhận từ quốc gia, lãnh thổ bên ngoài
Nation >< country (the physical one)
Nation là văn hóa, là tinh thần…. Lúc lớp 1 học Tiếng việt, học đạo đức là để củng cố Nation.
(nation-building) Giáo dục là công cụ rõ rang của authority cho nation-building.
Nation characteristics: Language, History, Identity, Belonging. Nation-state: - Territorial Unit - Domestic Allegiance - External Reognition - Common Past - Common Language
- Common Culture & Characteristics
Có State mà k có nation thì sẽ giống Soviet Union
Nation mà k có State thì như Palestin, Kurdish
Definition of nation-state? It is a specific form of sovereign state that is guided by a nation, and
which derives its legitimacy from successfully serving all its citizens. The nation state implies
that a state and a nation coincide.
(An ideal in which cultural boundaries match up with political boundaries) lOMoAR cPSD| 30964149 NOTE FOR CHAPTER 2: HISTORY:
- Historiography: việc chép sử
- Historian (n): nhà sử học BCE: before the Christ Era
AD: Anno Domini (in the year of the lord) Danes: people from Denmark
Feudal system: chế độ phong kiến Vanquish = defeat
Populace (n): quần chúng, dân thường Bible (n): kinh thánh
Contend for st = strive/ vie for st
Fraught with st = be filled with st (fraught with agitation = be anxious)
Bubonic plague: dịch hạch (Black Death) kills 1/3 England population (1346-1351)
W2: HISTORY OF THE US AND THE USA
Ice Age: (35,000-10,000 years ago)
➢ Britain connected to the European mainland
➢ First Homo sapiens arrived Bronze Ae (1500-500 BCE): Celtic tribes:
➢ Migrated from Central Europe and France
➢ Mixed with indigenous people in Britain
(English language is considered Germanic language)
1066 the last external invasion
Green eye monster: someone who is very jealous. Timeline of invasion:
Romans => Angolo-Saxons => Viking => Norman lOMoAR cPSD| 30964149 The Romans:
• Controlled most of present-day England & Wales
• Founded a large number of cities (-chester, -cester, -caster)
• Abandoned Britainnia in 5th century The Angolo-Saxons:
• Celtic tribes warred after the Roman left
• Germanic tribes: Angles, Saxons, Jutes / invited to help/ seized the whole country
• Angolo-Saxons heptarchy: seven kingdoms (500-850 AD) The Vikings:
• Late 9th century, the Norse from Scandinavia began to invade Europe (the Swedes in
Eastern Europe and the Danes in Western Europe to North Africa)
• Early 10th century, the Danes invaded the Northeast of England from Northumberland to East Anglia => Danelaw
Cnut led 2 invations on England (1013-1015), crushed king of The Normans:
• Modern E = E (Angolo Saxons + Norse) + French + Latin (by clergy)
14th&15th centuries: War of Roses
Queen Victoria 1837-1901: fun fact, contribution
16th century: House of Tudor Henry VIII: • Had 6 wives Elizabeth I:
• Never married => “the virgin queen” “I married my country”
• Saw the first golden age of England
Conflict between government and monarch in the years of House of Stuart (17th century):
the power shifted to government. Anne:
• Act of union (1707): joined Scottish & Enlgish Parliaments; centralized political
power in London => Kingdom of Great Britain
George I: german born, not speak English George II: same lOMoAR cPSD| 30964149 George III: Victoria:
- 2nd longest reign (64 years)
- The peak of British Empire (rules 40% of the globe, ¼ world population, the sun never sets)