AJ15053 Americká etnická literatura

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 1999
Rozsah
0/2/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Prof. Rebekah Bloyd, Ph.D. (přednášející), PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A. (zástupce)
Garance
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 0/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/15
Mateřské obory/plány
Osnova
  • We will consider works which define the contemporary literature scene in the United States. Much of what has been recognized as innovative in American writing draws upon cultural infusions by groups who were newcomers (forced or voluntary) to American soil. Additionally, works informed by American Indian traditions have powerfully demonstrated artistic practices which prefigure the country�s founding. Poems (and to a lesser extent, essays and short stories) reflecting European, Asian, African and Native American cultural and ethnic beliefs will be featured in our course. The assigned readings�and our responses to them�will be central to each class. We will look at texts as aesthetic objects, which demonstrate a writer�s technique and feeling; and as intepretations of experience, which provide commentary on ethnic heritage, cultural constructions, and historical and contemporary social climates. One of our early discussions will center on the term "ethnic." What constitutes "ethnicity?" How is the status of a writer as "ethnic" determined? Topics to be considered throughout the course include: orature into literature; myth and ceremony in American Indian works; art for art's sake vs. art as political; blues and jazz in African American texts; and claiming "contradictory" identities.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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