PdF:AJB_WEST The American West - Course Information

AJB_WEST The American West

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
• Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Primary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization English Language)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)

Course objectives

This block option class looks at the importance of the West in American history. The first meeting will deal with the West, its lure of Europeans to the New World and its subsequent shaping of the American character. Readings during the semester will examine European immigration and westward expansion, the effect of the western movement on family, and race (Native Americans, Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans) among other issues. In the last meeting we will look at the enduring influence of the West in modern American life and politics, and its mythologizing at the hands of Hollywood.

Syllabus

• syllabus for block plan: The first meeting will deal with the West, its lure of Europeans to the New World and its subsequent shaping of the American character. Readings during the semester will examine European immigration and westward expansion, the effect of the western movement on family, and race (Native Americans, Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans) among other issues. In the last meeting we will look at the enduring influence of the West in modern American life and politics, and its mythologizing at the hands of Hollywood.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 odpolední bloky, 3. března (pondělí) a 30. května (pátek).

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
  
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