AJ2MK_SAML Seminář k americké literatuře 20. století

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2019
Rozsah
0/0/1. 12 hodin. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
On the course, students read canonical examples of contemporary US literature to examine some quintessentially American questions: Can the American dream still be lived? How is meaning found in postwar America? What motivates American writers to create art? In practice, we will read texts by Updike and Cheever in the context of abundant yet anxious 1950s and 60s. We will discuss works by Barth and Barthelme in the light of America's (at first) playful (and then) exhausted three decades long romance with postmodernity. Graphic texts by Eisner and Spiegelman will be discussed as the source to the rise of graphic novel (and to a lesser extent) ethnic literature. Finally, texts by Walker, Silko, and Kingston will be discussed in connection to America's nod towards feminist and ethnic awareness.
Výstupy z učení
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:
1) identify and describe major trends in postwar American literature and understand their relationship to American society and culture;
2) develop your skills in analytical reading and proposal writing;
3) research, prepare, and hand in a proposal which meets the requirements of the State Exam in literature;
4) understand and frame literary works as a form of social commentary which responds to specific historical occurrences
Osnova
  • John Updike, “A&P”
  • John Cheever, “The Swimmer”
  • John Barth, “Lost in the Funhouse”
  • Donald Barthelme, “The School”
  • Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
  • Will Eisner, A Contract with God
  • Alice Walker, “Everyday Use”
  • Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man (chapter 1, “Battle Royal”)
  • Leslie Marmon Silko, “Yellow Woman”
  • Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior (chapter 1, “No Name Woman”)
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • VanSpanckere, Kathryn: Outline of American Literature, online version, rev. ed. 2006
    doporučená literatura
  • HILFER, Anthony Channell. American fiction since 1940. London: Longman, 1992, x, 290. ISBN 0582493501. info
  • A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture. Edited by Josephine G. Hendin. Malden: Blackwell, 2004, xii, 430. ISBN 1405121807. info
  • The Columbia history of the American novel. Edited by Emory Elliott - Cathy N. Davidson. New York: Columbia University, 1991, xviii, 905. ISBN 0-231-07360-7. info
Výukové metody
Discussion, small group work, lecture, in class writing exercises.
Metody hodnocení
Weekly writing exercises in Moodle (25%)
Participation (20%)
In-class low-stakes writing (5%)
A research proposal consisting of annotated bibliography and an abstract (50%).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Moodle course for group 01 (which meets on Fridays 22. 9., 6. 10.,20. 10., 3. 11., 24. 11., and 8. 12.) can be found at: http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2678

Moodle course for group 02 (which meets on Fridays 29. 9., 13. 10., 27. 10., 10. 11., 1. 12., and 15. 12.) can be found at: http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2679

For instructions concerning the research of a school library, see the instructor.
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2011, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, podzim 2015, podzim 2016, podzim 2017, podzim 2018.
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