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

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2015
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
Út 9:10–10:45 B2.43
Předpoklady
( AJ09999 Postupová zkouška || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II ) && AJ07002 Úvod do studia kultury USA II
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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.”

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
  • (TENTATIVE; watch for updates)
  • WEEK 1 (22 Sept.): COURSE INTRODUCTION
  • Shakespeare: Political fiction in the Henry plays (in class)
  • WEEK 2 (29 Sept.): PRESIDENTS AND "PATRIOT KINGS"
  • READ: posted selections on the "Patriot King," the US presidency, Washington and Lincoln (6 files)
  • WEEK 3 (6 Oct.): PROGRESSIVE, UTOPIAN AND "UPOLIAN" FICTIONS
  • READ: posted selections from political novels of the Progressive Era: Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward; Sutton E. Griggs, Imperium in Imperio; Thomas Dixon Jr., The Leopard's Spots; Edward M. House, Philip Dru, Administrator; Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland
  • VIEW: Gabriel Over the White House
  • WEEK 4 (13 Oct.): "MEN OF THE PEOPLE" VERSUS "BIG BROTHERS"
  • VIEW: 1984
  • READ: posted/linked selections from George Orwell, 1984 ("The Theory & Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"); Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here; Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
  • WEEK 5 (20 Oct.): THE MILITARY AND COLD WAR PARANOIA
  • VIEW: The Manchurian Candidate; Seven Days in May; Dr. Strangelove; Fail-Safe
  • WEEK 6 (27 October): READING WEEK
  • WEEK 7 (3 Nov.): COUNTERCULTURES AND THEIR POLITICAL "EMBODIMENTS"
  • READ: posted selections from Irving Wallace, The Man
  • VIEW: Kisses for My President; Wild in the Streets
  • WEEK 8 (10 Nov.): THE MANY FACES OF "MR. SMITH"
  • READ: posted selections from Tom Clancy, Executive Orders; Martin L. Gross, Man of Destiny
  • VIEW: Dave; Bulworth
  • WEEK 9 (17 Nov.): "Struggle for Freedom & Democracy Day": no class
  • WEEK 10 (24 Nov.): POLITICS IN BROADCAST TELEVISION
  • VIEW: selected episodes of Yes, Minister; The West Wing; Commander in Chief
  • WEEK 11 (1 Dec.): POLITICS IN "PRESTIGE" TELEVISION
  • VIEW: TBA
  • READ: TBA
  • WEEK 12 (8 Dec.): TBA; exam review
  • WEEK 13 (15 Dec.): Exam (first sitting)
Výukové metody
Lecture, discussion, film/video screenings
Metody hodnocení
Final exam, 100% (re-sit is term paper)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
http://tinyurl.com/politicalfiction
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