AJ4_ERKA Ethnic and Regional Culture of America

Faculty of Education
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar/discussion course will look at America not as one land, but as a collection of very different cultures. Regional differences such as North-South and New England-California and the ethnic differences of Afro-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Native Americans will be studied. The point will be to try to understand what it means for a land to be so culturally diverse and still one nation. The resulting different speech patterns of each region and group will also be noted. This is a "round table" seminar where each student is expected to have read the assigned text and share his/her opinions during the discussion.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. The U.S.A. as a land of contrasts 3. Sectionalism, East and West 4. Sectionalism, North and South 5. Race, African Americans 6. Race, Mexican Americans. 7. Race, Native Americans, and others 8. Multi culturalism 1 9. Multi culturalism 2 10 - 15. Student research presentations
Literature
  • Mindel, Charles and Habenstein, Robert, eds., Ethnic Families in America, Elsevier, 1981
  • Fuchs, Lawrence, The American Kaleidoscope, Wesleyan U Press,1995
  • Mc Gilbert, Michael, The Character of Americans, Dorsey Press, 1964.
  • Gray, Herman, Watching Race, U of Minnesota Press, 1995
  • Eitzen, Stanley and Zinn, Maxine, Conflict and Order, 1995
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
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