Cultural Images of Contemporary
Masaryk University Faculty of Education DepartmentofEnglishLanguageandLiterature A COURSE DESIGN : CULTURAL IMAGES OF CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN IN POPULAR LYRICS Diploma Thesis Brno2007 ŠárkaMlčochová Supervisor: Mgr.Lucie Podroužková,PhD. Prohlašuji, že jsem diplomovou práci zpracovala samostatně a použila jen pramenyuvedenévseznamuliteratury. ____________________ ŠárkaMlčochová I would like to thank Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, PhD. for her kind and patient supervision and for the advice she provided to me during my work on this diploma thesis. CONTENT 4 _______________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1.1. ARGUMENT 6 1.2. POPULAR CULTURE 7 1.3. LEARNING A SECOND CULTURE 10 1.3.1. WHY POPULAR LYRICS ? 12 1.4. HOW TO USE THE TEXTBOOK 12 1.5. PREFACE TO THE TEXTBOOK 14 2. THE TEXTBOOK 16 2.1. MONARCHY , POLITICS AND CLASS 16 2.1.1. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 16 2.1.2. MR. CHURCHILL SAYS 18 2.1.3. POST WORLD WAR II BLUES 20 2.1.4. SHIPBUILDING , ISLAND OF NO RETURN 21 2.1.5. GHOST TOWN 24 2.1.6. A DESIGN FOR LIFE 24 2.1.7. COCAINE SOCIALISM , TONY BLAIR 25 2.1.8. I’M WITH STUPID 27 2.1.9. GORDON BROWN 28 2.2. LIFESTYLE , LEISURE AND MEDIA 30 2.2.1. TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED 30 2.2.2. YOUNG TURKS 31 2.2.3. NO CLAUSE 28 32 2.2.4. KASHKA FROM BAGHDAD 33 2.2.5. PROBLEM CHILD 34 2.2.6. HERE COMES THE WEEKEND , POOR PEOPLE 35 2.2.7. TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE , 37 HURRY UP HARRY 2.2.8.
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