AJ16174 Anglo-americká politická témata v beletrii, filmu a televizi

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2019
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
doc. Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Čt 12:00–13:40 G31
Předpoklady
( AJ09999 Postupová zkouška || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II ) && AJ07002 Úvod do studia kultury USA II
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
An introduction to some of the many ways in which political themes have been treated in fictions in various media from the 18th century to the present. Readings and film viewings will offer a survey of selected stories, principally American but also British, focused on politicians and government leaders, on political events and movements, and on imagined “utopian” or “dystopian” political futures. Topics to be discussed include the various uses of political fictions; recurring themes and their transformations in different periods and for different artistic purposes; and how fictions have anticipated and responded to real events, thereby contributing to the evolution of the Anglo-American “political imaginary.”
Výstupy z učení
By successfully completing the course, students will achieve a better understanding of American and British history and politics, of certain “classic” works and characteristic developments in Anglo-American fiction and film, and of differences in modes and methods of storytelling in written prose, feature films and episodic television. They will gain further experience in analyzing imaginative works and relating them to historical events and contexts, and will become acquainted with an array of topics that could serve as the eventual basis for a bachelor’s thesis.
Osnova
  • (Spring 2019 syllabus. NOTE: Reading and viewing assignments are tentative and subject to change up to one week before the date for which they’re assigned, so check here for updates.)
  • WEEK 1 (21 February): INTRODUCTION
  • VIEW (in class): The West Wing, pilot episode
  • WEEK 2 (28 February): MACHIAVELS AND PATRIOT KINGS
  • READ: posted selections from Machiavelli, The Prince, posted excerpts; Bolingbroke, Idea of a Patriot King; US Constitutional Framing debates; Weems, Life of General George Washington
  • WEEK 3 (7 March) THE LINCOLN PARADIGM
  • READ: posted selections from The Diary of a Public Man; Herndon, True Story ... of Abraham Lincoln; Andrews, The Perfect Tribute
  • VIEW: Young Mr. Lincoln
  • WEEK 4 (14 March): THE “MR. SMITH” MYTH
  • READ: posted selections from Clancy, Executive Orders; Gross, Man of Destiny
  • VIEW: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Dave
  • WEEK 5 (21 March): CONSULTANTS AND “CABALS” (1)
  • VIEW: The Candidate; Primary Colors
  • WEEK 6 (28 March): CONSULTANTS AND “CABALS” (2)
  • VIEW: Yes, Minister, posted episodes; Network
  • WEEK 7 (4 April): BIG BROTHER(S)
  • READ: posted selections from George Orwell, 1984 (“The Theory & Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”); "A Look at Orwell's Newspeak"; Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here
  • VIEW: 1984; Brazil
  • WEEK 8 (11 April): COLD WAR PARANOIA
  • VIEW: The Manchurian Candidate; Seven Days in May; Dr. Strangelove
  • WEEK 9 (18 April): READING WEEK -- NO CLASS MEETING
  • WEEK 10 (25 April): “UPOLIAS” AND FEMINIST (?) FICTIONS
  • READ: posted selections Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland
  • VIEW: Veep and Commander in Chief, posted episodes
  • WEEK 11 (2 May): SHAKESPEAREAN ECHOES
  • VIEW: House of Cards (UK), episode 1; King Charles III
  • WEEK 12 (9 May): ALTERNATE HISTORIES
  • READ: Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, chapters 1-7 and 14; Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, posted excerpts
  • WEEK 13 (16 May): TBA
Výukové metody
Lecture, discussion, film/video screenings
Metody hodnocení
Final exam, 100% (re-sit is a written assignment submitted by e-mail)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
http://tiny.cc/politicalfiction2018
Assigned readings and videos are available at that web address unless otherwise indicated.
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2015, jaro 2018, jaro 2020, jaro 2021.