AJ4_ERKA Ethnic and Regional Culture of America

Faculty of Education
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 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: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Wed 17:10–18:45 učebna 58
Prerequisites
AJ4_DUSA AJ4_SDUS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar/discussion course will look at America not as one land, but as a collection of very different cultures. Regional differences such as North/South, East/West as well as the ethnic differences of African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans and Native Americans will be studied. The point will be to try to understand what it means for a land to be so culturally diverse and still one nation. This is a "round table" seminar where each student is expected to have read the assigned texts and share his/her opinions during the discussion. The class will include individual student research presentations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. The U.S.A. as a land of contrasts 3. The "other" United States - the South 4. The South through the eyes of the North 5. African Americans 6. Sectionalism, East and West 7. The individual and the West 8. Race and culture in the West - Native Americans 9. Race and culture in the West - Chicanos 10. Ethnicity and language - Spanish and Ebonics 11. Asian-Americans 12. Multi-culturalism and cultural linguistics 13-15. Student research presentations
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2004, recent)
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