AJ_ERKA Ethnic and Regional Culture of America

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 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
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 učebna 55
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 and East-West and the ethnic differences of groups such as African-Americans, Mexican-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. The resulting different speech patterns of each region and group will also be noted. This is a "round table" seminar where each student is expected to have read the assigned text and share his/her opinions during the discussion.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. The U.S.A. as a land of contrasts 3. Sectionalism, North and South 4. Sectionalism, East and West 5. African Americans 6. Mexican Americans. 7. Native Americans and others 8. Asian-Americans 9. Multi culturalism – the past 10.Multi culturalism – the future 11 - 13. 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 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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