AJ15002 Americká literatura 1960 do současnosti

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2010
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
AJ15002/A: St 13:20–14:55 G32, M. Horáková
AJ15002/B: St 18:20–19:55 G32, M. Horáková
Předpoklady
AJ09999 Postupová zkouška && AJ04003 Úvod do literatury II
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 50 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/50, pouze zareg.: 0/50, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/50
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course attempts to capture the cultural and literary diversity of American writing since the 1960s. Reading a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, the course examines works by authors from different geographical regions, ethnic backgrounds, and literary traditions.
Class sessions will include a mini-lecture, audio-visual learning, and group and class discussions.
At the end of the course, students will: 1. Acquire a fuller appreciation of contemporary American literature and the cultural history of the United States. 2. Refine critical thinking and improve communication capabilities.
Osnova
  • Week 1: Introduction to course policies and assignments
  • Week 2: Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street; essay: Antonia I. Castaňeda, “Language and Other Lethal Weapons: Cultural Politics and the Rites of Children as Translators of Culture.”
  • Week 3: Flannery O’Connor, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” and “Good Country People”; essay: Gwin and Harris, “The Contemporary South 1940-Present.” Eds. William L. Andrews, et al. The Literature of the American South. 583-593.
  • Week 4: David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
  • Week 5: African American writing: Alice Walker, “Everyday Use”; James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”; essay: Michael Omi, “Racialization in the Post-Civil Rights Era”
  • Week 6: Native American writing: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony essay: M. Annette Jaimes Guerrero, “Academic Apartheid: American Indian Studies and multiculturalism”
  • Week 7: Multicultural writing: Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior; essay: Christopher Newfield and Avery F. Gordon, “Multiculturalism’s Unfinished Business”
  • Week 8: Postmodern Fiction: Michael Cunningham, The Hours; essay: Hughes, Mary Joe.: “Michael Cunningham’s The Hours and postmodern artistic re-presentation.” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 45.4 (2004): 349-361
  • Week 9: Contemporary Poetry: Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” and “A Supermarket in California"; Gary Snyder, “Milton By Firelight”, “Wave”; Adrienne Rich, “Diving into the Wreck”; Joy Harjo, “Woman Hanging From the Thirteenth Floor Window”; Sylvia Plath, “Daddy”, “Lady Lazarus”
  • Week 10: national holiday, no class: collecting paper proposals with teacher’s feedback and preparing the final research paper
  • Week 11: national holiday, no class: preparing the final research paper
  • Week 12: submission of final papers, conclusion and evaluation of the course
Literatura
  • The Heath anthology of American literature. Edited by Paul Lauter. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006, xxii, 838. ISBN 0618532994. info
  • The Norton anthology of American literature. Edited by Nina Baym. 6th ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003, s. 1071-19. ISBN 0393979008. info
Výukové metody
Class sessions will include a mini-lecture, audio-visual learning, and group and class discussions.
Metody hodnocení
Assessment: Students will write weekly response papers, a final essay, and participate actively in the group and class discussions.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
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