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FF FNSAKSApSH Anglophone and Hispanophone Area Studies (closing out)
Name in Czech: Anglophone and Hispanophone Area Studies
master's full-time specialized, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF N-SAKSA_ North-American Culture Studies
master's full-time specialized, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF N-SAKSA_ North-American Culture Studies
Study-related information
- Parts of the final state examination and its content1. Defense of the diploma thesis (written in English or Spanish).
2. The oral exam is divided according to the English and Spanish-speaking areas. The exam is in English and/or Spanish.
The exam focuses on theoretical knowledge and knowledge from the following areas: cultural aspects of identity construction; multilingualism, language changes in North America; colonialism, regionalism; current society in the monitored areas; literature and culture of Canada, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean.
The examiner verifies the knowledge of selected literature, the ability of students to theoretically analyze intercultural phenomena and situate them properly in the historical and contemporary social context. - Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended thesesAnti-multiculturalism in Quebec - Backlash on the Allophones
Evaluative language in journalistic discourse
Native Soul, Anglo-American Standards
The Slave Narrative and its Crucial Features
Inuit Pattern of Childrearing
The Popular Image of the American West Disrupted by Pioneer Women’s Writing
The Integration of Western Values by African Americans as Portrayed in Selected Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor
El léxico indígena en el territorio de los Estados Unidos de México: El análisis de las leyendas mexicanas
El léxico gitano en el español mexicano
El pluralismo linguistico in California
La imagen de la Revolucion en el teatro mexicano
Recommended progress through the study plan
Compulsory courses (68 credits)
The student takes all compulsory subjects (SAKS001-006) and the subjects MA Thesis Seminar I and II (SAKS91, SAKS92), MA Thesis (SAKS093), thus gaining 68 credits. To successfully complete the subject "Master's thesis" you need to get enrolled in the courses "Seminar for Master's Thesis I" and "Seminar for Master's Thesis II".
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:SAKS001 | Identity and Alterity in Literature and Culture: Theory, Methodology, Analysis | zk | 8 | 1 | Z |
FF:SAKS002 | Multilingualism, Language Change and Language Policy | zk | 8 | 1 | Z |
FF:SAKS003 | Cultural Perspectives on the Colonization of North America | zk | 8 | 2 | Z |
FF:SAKS004 | North American Cultural Geographies | zk | 8 | 2 | Z |
FF:SAKS005 | Latin American society | zk | 8 | 3 | Z |
FF:SAKS006 | Francophone cultures in North America | zk | 8 | 3 | Z |
FF:SAKS091 | Master's Thesis Seminar I | z | 10 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS092 | Master's Thesis Seminar II | z | 10 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS093 | Master’s Thesis | z | - | 4 | P |
68 credits |
Specialization courses (52 credits minimum)
Students must complete the required number of courses in the chosen specialization by taking a minimum of three courses in each of the specialization languages. Subjects SAKS11-20 are subjects of the anglophone area, subjects SAKS 31-35 are subjects of the hispanophone area.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:SAKS011 | North American Cross-cultural Narratives | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS012 | Translating North America into Czech (and vice versa): a historical-cultural perspective | zk | 6 | 2 | P |
FF:SAKS013 | Film in the USA: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS014 | Current Topics in American Linguistics | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS015 | Vybrané kapitoly z anglofonních lingvistických a kulturních studií Severní Ameriky | zk | 5 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS016 | Film in Canada: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS018 | Decolonization in North America: Environmental Racism, Politics of Consumption and Artivism | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS019 | Vybrané kapitoly z anglofonních lingvistických a kulturních studií Severní Ameriky II | zk | 5 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS020 | Vybrané kapitoly z anglofonních lingvistických a kulturních studií Severní Ameriky III | zk | 5 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS031 | Spanish in the U.S.A. | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS032 | Varieties of Spanish | zk | 6 | 2 | P |
FF:SAKS033 | Image of USA in Mexican literature | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS034 | Mexican theatre | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS035 | Vybrané kapitoly z hispanofonních lingvistických a kulturních studií Severní Ameriky | zk | 5 | 4 | P |
80 credits |