FJ0B771 Migration and Immigration in North America

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 G22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is divided into 13 teaching units of 2 hours, of which half will be devoted to historical and social aspects of immigration, the second one to literary aspects. The aim of the historical and sociological part will sum up social changes of the North American society, while the guided reading and analyzing of literary texts will try to identify identitary aspects reflected in literary works as part of the aesthetic intention.
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical and sociological introduction to immigration. 2. Identity and its aspects in lirerature. 3. Analysis of texts.
Literature
    required literature
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. 0. Évidence d'une culture nationale. I. Dimension noétique de l'art. II. Identité canadienne dans le contexte historique. III. Littérature canadienne-francaise et québécoise. VI. Solitudes canadiennes et la perception de l'autre (0. National Culture as a Natural Phenomenon? I. Noetic Dimension of Art. III Canadian Identity in Historical Context. III. French Canadian and Quebec Literature. VI. Canadian Solitudes and the Perception of the Other.). In Petr Kyloušek, Klára Kolinská, Kateřina Prajznerová, Tomáš Pospíšil, Eva Voldřichová Beránková: Us-Them-Me: The Search for Indentity in Canadian Literature and Film, Nous-Eux-Moi: La quete de l'identité dans la littérature et le cinéma canadiens. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, p. 6-11, 24-43, 57-139, 246-255, 129 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně 387. ISBN 978-80-210-5061-7. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. 0. Samozřejmost národní kultury. I. Umění jako poznání. II. Utváření kanadské identity v historickém kontextu. III. Francouzsko-kanadská a quebecká literatura. VI. Kanadské samoty a vnímání druhého. (National Culture as a Natural Phenomenon? I. Canadian Identity in Historical Context. III. French Canadian and Quebec Litarature. VI. Canadian Solitudes and the Perception of the Other.). In Petr Kyloušek, Klára Kolinská, Kateřina Prajznerová, Tomáš Pospíšil, Eva Voldřichová Beránková, Petr Horák: MY ONI JÁ. Hledání identity v kanadské literatuře a filmu. 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2009, p. 9-11, 27-49, 67-161, 293-297, 126 pp. Host, 413. ISBN 978-80-7294-306-7. info
    recommended literature
  • BISSOONDATH, Neil, Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada, Toronto, Penguin Books 1994
  • TAYLOR, Charles, Multikulturalismus. Zkoumání politiky uznání, Praha, Filosofia 2001, překl. A. Bakešová, M. Hrubec aj.
  • Littérature, immigration et imaginaire au Québec et en Amérique du Nord. Edited by Daniel Chartier - Véronique Pepin - Chantal Ringuet. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2006, 293 s. ISBN 2296002641. info
  • CHARTIER, Daniel. Dictionnaire des écrivains émigrés au Québec, 1800-1999. Québec: Éditions Nota bene, 2003, 367 s. ISBN 289518139X. info
  • MOISAN, Clément and Renate HILDEBRAND. Ces étrangers du dedans : une histoire de l'écriture migrante au Québec, (1937-1997). Québec: Éditions Nota bene, 2001, 363 s. ISBN 2895180814. info
  • BOUCHARD, Gérard. Genèse des nations et cultures du nouveau monde : essai d'histoire comparée. Montréal, Québec: Boréal, 2001, 503 s. ISBN 2764601107. info
  • RICŒUR, Paul. Oneself as another. Translated by Kathleen Blamey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, ix, 363. ISBN 0226713296. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Soi-même comme un autre. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1990, 424 s. ISBN 2-02-011458-5. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar work.
Assessment methods
Seminar paper (18,000 characters).
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012.
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