Courses
| Course title: | Selected Chapters from British and/or American Literature 3 |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Arts |
| Department: | Department of English and American Studies |
| Course code: | KAA / 4VKL3 |
| Credits: | 5 |
| Semester: | Winter |
| Level of study: | Mgr. |
| Format of study: | Seminar 2 [Hours/Week] |
| Name of the lecturer: | doc. Jeffrey Alan Smith, PhD. (G) |
| Language: | English |
| ISCED F broad: | Arts and humanities |
| Annotation: | This course examines examines literary controversies and the "cultural politics" of the United States. Topics include: - the origins and emergence of distinctive regional and ethnic cultures; - the role of cultural production in fostering national identity; - changing cultural and artistic styles over the course of US history; - cultural hierarchies and categories of taste and judgment; - the influence of ethnic styles, arts and subcultures on the cultural mainstream; - "countercultures" and challenges to prevailing cultural authority; - "culture wars" past and present; - controversies and "moral panics" associated with cultural change, including the rise of new media. |
