AJc220 Kultura, historie a literatura USA 1

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2018
Rozsah
0/0/3. 36 hodin. 5 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Michael George, M.A. (přednášející)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
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 first half of a survey course of American History and American Literature covering the period from the arrival of Europeans to the end of the 19th 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
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
  • Colonial Beginnings
  • History: Immigration and the National Character: Puritans - Studying the Seeds
  • Literature: William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson
  • Revolution and Enlightenment
  • History: From European to American: the road to revolution
  • Literature: Benjamin Franklin, Jean de Crevecoeur, The Declaration of Independence
  • America Moves West
  • History: The Frontier as a Movable Concept: Mobility and Family
  • Literature: romantic period; Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The Nation Divides
  • History: Sectionalism: North, South and Slavery
  • Literature: African American experience, slave narratives, folk tales, spirituals
  • America Transforms: Industrialism and Immigration
  • History: Industrialism and Immigration: the Emergence of the Modern Woman
  • Literature: Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism; Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zitkala Sa
Literatura
  • 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
  • The Heath anthology of American literature. Edited by Paul Lauter. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1990, xxxix, 261. ISBN 0-669-12065-0. 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 s/he analyzes a short literary extract; and finally speaks about literary texts s/he has read)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá blokově.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2017, podzim 2019, podzim 2020, podzim 2021, podzim 2022, podzim 2023, podzim 2024.