AJc225 Kultura, historie a literatura USA 2

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
0/0/2. 24 hodin. 5 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Mgr. Barbora Kašpárková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This is the second half of a survey course of American History and American Literature covering the period from late 19th century to late 20th century. Its aim is to explore the major as well as some of the lesser-known writers, literary movements, major historical events, trends and cultural concepts and make meaningful connections between them; and also to provide the historical, literary and cultural background necessary for those intending to be become English language teachers.
At the end of this course, students should be able
1) to identify and evaluate the main currents of U.S. cultural history and especially their causes and consequences in relation to modern American culture and society
2) to understand how myths about America’s foundation and iconic historical events have been formulated, debated and challenged by American writers
3) to discuss the role of gender, culture and race in shaping the forms and themes of literary texts
In teacher training programs, students must also develop a range of skills and competencies to be successful as teachers. Literary courses are instrumental in cultivating some of these skills, such as creative thinking, problem solving, critical thinking, intercultural awareness, and communicative competence.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of this course, students should be able
1) to identify and evaluate the main currents of U.S. cultural history and especially their causes and consequences in relation to modern American culture and society
2) to understand how myths about America’s foundation and iconic historical events have been formulated, debated and challenged by American writers
3) to discuss the role of gender, culture and race in shaping the forms and themes of literary texts
Osnova
  • Breaking the Tradition
  • America on Wheels: The Roaring 20s
  • Modernist poetry and fiction (W. C. Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallece Stevens, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway)
  • African American Experience
  • Life after Slavery: Reconstruction and Jim Crow
  • Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston)
  • Breaking Apart
  • The Great Depression
  • Southern Renaissance (William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor)
  • Convention Meets Rebellion
  • The Cold War and McCarthyism
  • Poetic movements (Frank O´Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath)
  • New Ideas, New Values
  • Civil Rights and Social Protest
  • Modern Multi-Cultural America
Literatura
  • American passages : a literary survey. Edited by Diane O'Connor. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004, xliv, 808. ISBN 0393979407. info
  • The Columbia history of the American novel. Edited by Emory Elliott - Cathy N. Davidson. New York: Columbia University, 1991, xviii, 905. ISBN 0-231-07360-7. info
  • Columbia literary history of the United States. Edited by Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988, xxviii, 12. ISBN 0-231-05812-8. info
Výukové metody
discussion-based seminars
group work
Metody hodnocení
1) Response papers (1 for each seminar), focusing on one text from the assigned reading
2) colloquium (consisting of 3 parts: first, the student talks about the chosen topic; then they analyze a short literary extract; and finally speak about literary texts they have read)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá blokově.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2018, jaro 2019, jaro 2020, jaro 2021, jaro 2022, jaro 2023, jaro 2024.