UZAJ5023 Americká literatura a válka

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2005
Rozsah
0/2. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Thomas McConnell, Ph.D. (přednášející), Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A. (zástupce)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Út 15:00–16:35 G31
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
American Literature and Americas Wars will examine historical events and how the official versions of those events compare with renderings in literature and other arts. We will concentrate on the defining armed conflicts of the last century and a half of American history, from the Civil War through both World Wars to Vietnam, and perhaps beyond. During our consideration of literary treatments of war, we will take up a parallel examination of cinematic treatments (in both documentaries and popular films), studying the development of American war films as a significant aspect of popular culture and a formative feature of American public opinion and common perception (especially in the twentieth century, when cinema as a technological art form matured alongside the centurys deadliest conflicts). As with literature, our approach will treat film as text, reading it as significant narratives of American experience. We will likely examine artistic treatments of war in music and the plastic arts. At the end of the course, students should have a broader understanding of American culture, the nations literature, its history, and of the cultures engagement with war as a manifestation of state policy and as an ethical conflict for the individual.
Osnova
  • Whitman (poems provided) Crane, The Red Badge of Courage Wharton, A Son at the Front Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five OBrien, The Things They Carried
Metody hodnocení
Students will attend class regularly and participate in each class discussion, write one or two short papers (1-2 pages each), view films occasionally outside of class, and at the end of the semester write one long paper (10-12 pages) which will involve an oral presentation to the class.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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