Passing the study plan
FF FNSAKSApJ North-American Culture Studies
Name in Czech: North-American Culture Studies
master's full-time single-subject, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF N-SAKSA_ North-American Culture Studies
master's full-time single-subject, 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, French os Spanish).
2. The oral exam is divided according to the English and French-speaking areas. The exam is in English and/or French.
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
Les anglicismes et la politique au Québec (l'imaginaire linguistique des citoyens en confrontation avec le médias)
Les revendications des Premières Nations : réalité et littérature
Rap québécois
La comparaison du joual et de l’acadien dans les oeuvres Les Belles soeurs de Michel Tremblay et La Sagouine d’Antonine Maillet
Wajdi Mouawad: Incendies. Oeuvre littéraire et son adaptation cinématographique
Recommended progress through the study plan
M.A. Thesis (min 20kr.)
Studenti absolvují předměty Seminář k magisterské diplomové práci I a II, a předmět Magisterská diplomová práce.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
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 | - |
20 credits |
Compulsory Courses (48 credits)
Studenti absolvují veškeré povinné předměty (SAKS001-006). Dohromady tak získají 48 kreditů.
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 |
48 credits |
Selective Courses (52 credits)
Studenti musí absolvovat potřebný počet předmětů a to tak, že absolvují minimálně tři předměty ze dvou vybraných kulturních okruhů (areálů). Předměty SAKS011-020 jsou předměty anglofonního areálu. Předměty SAKS 021-025 jsou předměty frankofonního areálu a předměty SAKS 031-035 jsou předměty hispanofionního areálu. Předměty anglofonního areálu jsou pro všechny studenty společné, předměty frankofonního a hispanofonního areálu volí studenti variantně podle toho, který jazyk ovládají. Takto je třeba získat minimálně 52 kreditů.
Anglophone 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 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS016 | Film in Canada: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism | zk | 6 | 2 | 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 | 1 | P |
51 credits |
Francophone area
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:SAKS021 | Image of the USA and America in Quebec literature | zk | 6 | 2 | P |
FF:SAKS022 | Theatre of French Canada | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS023 | Czech Translations from Quebec literature | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS024 | French in North America | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS025 | Selected Chapters in Francophone Linguistic and Cultural Studies of North America | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
29 credits |
Hispanophone area
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:SAKS031 | Spanish in the U.S.A. | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:SAKS032 | Varieties of Spanish | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:SAKS033 | Image of USA in Mexican literature | zk | 6 | 1 | P |
FF:SAKS034 | Mexican theatre | zk | 6 | 2 | P |
FF:SAKS035 | Vybrané kapitoly z hispanofonních lingvistických a kulturních studií Severní Ameriky | zk | 5 | 3 | P |
29 credits |