AJ4_PMAM Problems of Modern America

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ4_DUSA History of the United States
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a seminar/discussion course in which students will be investigating some of the problems and conditions of America today. Topics can include: racism, violence, drugs, gun control, the disintegration of the traditional family, the decline in quality of public education, as well as multiculturalism, minority rights and feminism. Organized as a true round table seminar where students are expected to have read the necessary texts and come to the table prepared to engage in discussion about the topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. Democracy, capitalism, and pop culture 3. Racism and minority rights 4. Guns, violence and the Constitution 5. Feminism and the family 6. Social welfare 7. Socio linguistics 8. - 15. Student presentations
Literature
  • Lerner, Max, America as Civilization, Henry Holt and Co., 1987; Popken, Randall et.al., Departures, Allyn and Bacon, 1995; Atwan, Robert, ed., America Now, Bedford Books,1997
  • MCDERMOTT, John J. (John Joseph). Streams of experience : reflections on the history and philosophy of American culture. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1986, xxi, 266 p. ISBN 0-87023-496-250. info
  • BELLAH, Robert Neelly. Habits of the heart : individualism and commitment in American life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, xiii, 355. ISBN 0520053885. info
  • TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Edited by Richard D. Heffner. New York: New American Library, 1956, 317 s. ISBN 0-451-62218-9. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2001, recent)
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