AJ4_ERKA Ethnic and Regional Culture of America

Faculty of Education
Spring 2001
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: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ4_DUSA History of the United States
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8
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 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
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