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Lecturer(s)
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Kleprlík Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bubíková Šárka, doc. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Who are the Americans? US cultural regions. Colonial America. 18th century US. 19th century US. 20th cent. US. People in the USA - Native Americans. People in the USA - Immigration. Stereotypes, beliefs, symbols. Role of religion. Individual, Community, Society. E Pluribus Unum? Unity, Multiculturalism, Cultural Pluralism.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
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Learning outcomes
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Cultural Studies is a subject which deals with the main phenomena of the target culture, i.e. mainly British and American. Lectures are designed to provide not only a basic outline of cultural representations, but also their historical background and development. Furthermore, attention is paid to the reflection of cultural developments in various cultural products. In seminars, students are encouraged to utilise fact-based input from lectures in practical cultural activities, which they are encouraged to use in their own teaching practice/cultural experience. By facilitating cross-cultural comparisons, the seminars also strive to build students' own self-awareness and greater realisation of their own culture. The seminar requirements include essay writing, which serves not only as an opportunity for exploring a chosen topic area in greater detail, but can also be seen as intensive preparation for writing a bachelor/diploma thesis. In this respect, the course is co-ordinated with the Academic Writing course.
The coruse aims at the development of the ability of cultural analysis and comparison, intercultural competence, communicative competence.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Work-related product analysis
Seminar attendanc. Oral seminar presentation. Final written test.
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Recommended literature
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CROWTHER, J. (ed.). Oxford Guide to British and American Culture. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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DATESMAN, M. K. a kol. The American Ways: In Introduction to American Culture. 2. vydání. White Plains NY: Longman, 1997.
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ELLIS, R. J. American Political Cultures. Oxford, New York: Oxford UP, 1993.
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KRUPAT, A. Red Matters: Native American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
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LUEDTKE, L. (ed.). Making America: the Society and Culture of the USA. Washington: USIA, 1987.
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MICKLETHWAIT, J.; WOOLDRIDGE, A. The Right Nation. Penguin Books, 2005.
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PURVIN, T. L. Encyklopedie dějin USA. Praha: Ivo Železný, 2004.
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TALLACK, D. Twentieth-Century America. Longman Literature in English Series. Longman, 1991.
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