FF:AJ27052 U.S. History: The 1960s - Course Information

AJ27052 A Decade in U.S. History: The 1960s

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Timetable

Mon 11:40–13:15 32

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

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Course objectives

This cultural studies course focuses on the variety of developments (cultural, political, intel-lectual) of one of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history: the 1960s. Together we will trace the origin of discontent with American middle-class values on the part of the baby-boom generation, we will concentrate on the rise and highlights of the civil-rights movement in the American South and we will examine the importance of the Vietnam war (and particularly the resistance to it) for the mood of the decade. We will look at the intellectual debates of the day and attempt to locate them in a broader historical context; naturally, a discussion of the decade would be incomplete without an attempt at a somewhat more detached assessment of the era's legacy.

Syllabus

• This cultural studies course focuses on the variety of developments (cultural, political, intel-lectual) of one of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history: the 1960s. Together we will trace the origin of discontent with American middle-class values on the part of the baby-boom generation, we will concentrate on the rise and highlights of the civil-rights movement in the American South and we will examine the importance of the Vietnam war (and particularly the resistance to it) for the mood of the decade. We will look at the intellectual debates of the day and attempt to locate them in a broader historical context; naturally, a discussion of the decade would be incomplete without an attempt at a somewhat more detached assessment of the era's legacy.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Assessment: an essay, in-class quizzes based on the reading, a presentation and active participation.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

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