FF:AJL16174 Anglo-americká polit. témata - Informace o předmětu
AJL16174 Anglo-americká politická témata v beletrii, filmu a televizi
Filozofická fakultajaro 2023
- Rozsah
- 0/2/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
- Vyučující
- doc. Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
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- doc. Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta - Rozvrh
- Po 10:00–11:40 G23
- Předpoklady
- ( AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II || AJL01002 Anglický jazyk II )
- Omezení zápisu do předmětu
- Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 25 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 6/25, pouze zareg.: 0/25, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/25 - Mateřské obory/plány
- předmět má 11 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
- Cíle předmětu
- 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.”
- Výstupy z učení
- 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
- NOTE: Reading and viewing assignments are tentative and subject to change up to one week before the date for which they’re assigned. The course ELF page will have current updates.)
- WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION
- VIEW (in class): The West Wing, pilot episode
- WEEK 2: MACHIAVELS AND PATRIOT KINGS
- READ: posted selections from Machiavelli, The Prince; Bolingbroke, Idea of a Patriot King; Debates on the presidency; Weems, Life of General George Washington
- VIEW: Commander in Chief, Veep, House of Cards (US), pilot episodes
- WEEK 3: THE LINCOLN PARADIGM
- READ: posted selections from The Diary of a Public Man; Herndon, True Story ... of Abraham Lincoln; Andrews, The Perfect Tribute
- VIEW: Young Mr. Lincoln
- WEEK 4: THE “MR. SMITH” MYTH
- READ: posted selections from Clancy, Executive Orders; Gross, Man of Destiny
- VIEW: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Dave
- WEEK 5: CONSULTANTS AND “CABALS” (1)
- VIEW: The Candidate; Primary Colors
- WEEK 6: CONSULTANTS AND “CABALS” (2)
- VIEW: Yes, Minister, posted episodes; Network
- WEEK 7: DIFFERENCE, DIVERSITY, AND "THE HUMAN ELEMENT"
- VIEW: Bulworth; Head of State
- WEEK 8: COLD WAR PARANOIA
- VIEW: Seven Days in May; Dr. Strangelove
- WEEK 9: READING WEEK; NO CLASS MEETING
- WEEK 10: BIG BROTHER(S)
- READ: “The Theory & Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”; "Principles of Newspeak," "Newspeak Dictionary"; Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here
- READ OR VIEW: 1984 (see posted options)
- VIEW: Video segments posted ("Henry V" speech, Apple ad, Trump ad, the "Two-Minute Hate")
- WEEK 11: SHAKESPEAREAN ECHOES
- VIEW: House of Cards (UK), episode 1; King Charles III
- WEEK 12: "UPOLIAS" AND "UCHRONIAS"
- READ: Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, chapters 1,2,7 and 14 (recommended: 1-7, 14)
- VIEW: The Man in the High Castle, season 2 episode 6 (recommended); C.S.A., Confederate States of America
- WEEK 13: THE COUNTERCULTURE
- VIEW: Hair; Wild in the Streets
- WEEK 14: CONCLUSION
- READ: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland, posted excerpts
- Výukové metody
- Lecture, discussion, readings, film/video screenings
- Metody hodnocení
- Final exam (on ELF, exactly one week after the last class meeting), 85%; three written "section reviews," 5% each (not graded, but required in order to pass the course)
- Vyučovací jazyk
- Angličtina
- Informace učitele
- See the course ELF page.
- Další komentáře
- Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
- Statistika zápisu (nejnovější)
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