FF:SJ1B017 South America - Course Information
SJ1B017 Culture and Society in Latin America. South America
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/3. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Taught online. - Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Athena Alchazidu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Athena Alchazidu, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 18:00–19:40 G25
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! sj0b790 South America
- 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
- there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course offers a complex view of the contemporary social situation in some Spanish speaking coutries of Latin America.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will have an overview of the cultural diversity of the contemporary Spanish speaking countries of Latin American, and they are able to contextualize particular aspects of Latin American society. Thanks to this, student will perceive clearly the cultural influences and how their impact is reflected in local traditions and customs that have been preserved up to this day.
- Syllabus
- 1. Brief History of Southern America. 2. Colombia. 3. Venezuela. 4. Ecuador. 5. Bolivia. 6. Peru. 7. Chile. 8. Argentina. 9. Uruguay. 10. Paraguay. 11. Main Social Problems. 12. Contemporary Cultural Situation.
- Literature
- Salcedo-Bastardo. Historia Fundamental de Venezuela, Caracas, Ediciones de la Biblioteca, 2004
- Roedl, Bohumír, Dějiny Peru a Bolivie, Praha, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007
- Alonso García, Ricardo, Tratado de Libre Comercio, Mercosur y Comunidad Europea. Madrid:McGraw-Hill, 1997
- Ayala Mora, Enrique, Resumen de historia del Ecuador, Quito, Corporación Editora Nacional, 1990.
- Barrios, Luis, Historia de Colombia. Quinta edición, Bogotá: Editorial Cultural,1984.
- Teaching methods
- Introduction into the issues, topic presentations and virtual discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Regular homework. Essay on a particular topic.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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