AJB_AAE Afroamerická historická zkušenost

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2015
Rozsah
0/1/0. 12 hodin ve 2 blocích. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Michael George, M.A. (cvičící)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
AJB_AAE/01: Pá 2. 10. 8:00–13:00 učebna 59, Po 21. 12. 8:00–13:00 učebna 59, M. George, J. Šalamoun
Předpoklady
none
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Co-taught by Jiří Šalamoun and Michael George This block option will be a journey into the complexity of the African American experience as reflected by Toni Morrison, Ice-T and Barak Obama among others. We will deal with the themes of destruction of identity, black womanhood and manhood, black and white beauty myths, theories of whiteness and black stereotypes, etc. But the class will go beyond simply close reading and literary analysis to give time and attention to the historical and cultural realities that came together to create this unique situation - human slavery (and later segregation) within the context of a modern democracy. Integration and inquiry are the themes of this course; integrating the literary with the cultural and historical from which it sprung, and inquiring into the connection between art and real life. At the end of the course students should be able to more deeply examine the role of African Americans within the scope of American history and literature and explain the part that history played in their literature, identifying and distinguishing cause from effect
Osnova
  • Initial class: read Beloved + assigned questions for discussion Discussion of novel, background (documentary videos, short group readings, etc) Mid semester fortnightly moodle assignments A – African slavery and the global economy – readings and forum responses B – Slavery and democracy – readings, forum responses C – Aparthid – Jim Crow and segregation in America – readings, response D – Homework for last class: The Bluest Eye + assigned questions for discussion or response paper LAST CLASS: discussion of novel, modern realities (rap, oj, etc)
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • MORRISON, Toni. The bluest eye. New York: Plume, 1994, 215 s. ISBN 0-452-27305-6. info
  • MORRISON, Toni. Beloved. London: Picador, 1988, 273 s. ISBN 0-330-30471-2. info
Výukové metody
This course is organized as a block option seminar, meaning that the class meets as a discussion group for 6 hours at the beginning of the semester, then remains in contact throughout the semester as students post their comments on the assigned readings. The semester then ends with another 6 hour discussion. Both class meetings are organized as traditional "round table" discussion seminars in which students come to class having read the assigned texts and discuss it in open conversation around the seminar table. The key to the discussions is to identify, explain and evaluate the connections between the given piece of literature and its cultural and historical context.
Metody hodnocení
Preparation (including reading 2 novels), attendance and full voluntary participation of all 6 hours of both workshops, completion of three sets of mid-semester readings and their discussion in the on-line forum.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
kulturní seminář.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2010, podzim 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, podzim 2016.