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Lecturer(s)
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Livingstone David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Peprník Michal, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Roztočil Tomáš, Mgr.
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Course content
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-Survey of American music history -folk music, roots -jazz -blues -rock and roll -soul -sixties and after Alternative course content: -Role of sport in Anglophone culture -Professional vs Amateur -Class, Gender, Social Status -Sport in Education System
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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AS10 pro LS 2024/25 Ngr, Tonáš Roztočil: SF/WEIRD: Speculative Fiction Reading and Theory in the spring semester 2025, the course on Sci-Fi and (New)Weird will take place in the form of a block seminar. We will cover the essentials during the first three weeks of the semester and the rest of the semester will take place in a hybrid form, through a couple of online classes and discussions published on public student-made blog. The first class will take place on Thursday, February 13 in two parts: 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00, second class on Thursday, February 20 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. We will schedule the third session during our seminars. Since this is a block seminar, the 100% attendance during the first weeks is necessary (no exceptions) and students should be aware that there will be a considerable amount of reading, writing, and other forms of independent work assigned during the semester. AS10 for winter semester 2024/25 prof. Vanderbeke block seminars - 10-11.10., 14-15.11., 12.-13.12. Curriculum Short Stories This seminar offers a survey of the history of short stories in English and American literature. We will discuss two (or occasionally three) short stories per 90-minute session, starting with texts by Edgar Allan Poe and working from there to the present. We will read various Victorian, modernist and postmodern short stories, detective stories, horror stories, science fiction stories, and whatever else there is. The texts will be provided before the beginning of the semester. Credits will be obtained by writing a short term paper (6-8 pages), analysing a short story that has not been discussed in the seminar. The selection of the short story will have to be accepted by the lecturer. The use of KI is not permitted. October 10 - Section 1: Origins: Edgar Allan Poe: "The Man of the Crowd", "The Murder in the Rue Morgue". October 10 - Section 2: American 19th century: Ambrose Bierce, "An Imperfect Conflagration", Brett Harte, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper". October 11 - Section 3: Colonial encounters: Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would be King", George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant", R.K. Narayan "God and the Cobbler". October 11 - Section 4: Detective Fiction I: Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", G. K. Chesterton, "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois", Agatha Christie "Tuesday Club" November 14 - Section 5: Modernism I: James Joyce, "The Sisters", "After the Race", "Eveline". November 14 - Section 6: Modernism II: Virginia Woolf, "Kew Gardens", "The Mark on the Wall", Katherine Mansfield, "The Garden Party". November 15 - Section 7: Modernism III: Ernest Hemingway, "Hills like White Elephants", "The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber". November 15 - Section 8: Modernism IV: Samuel Beckett, "Dante and the Lobster", Somerset Maugham, "The Lotus Eater". December 12 - Section 9: Detective Fiction II, Dashiell Hammett: "The House on Turk Street" and "Corkscrew Canyon", Raymond Chandler, "Goldfish". December 12 - Section 10: Horror Stories: Algernon Blackwood, "The Willows", H.P. Lovecraft, "The Dreams in the Witch House", China Miéville, "Details" December 13 - Section 11: Science Fiction: Frederic Brown "Arena", Terry Carr "The Dance of the Changer and the Three". December 13 - Section 12: Postmodernism: Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber", Martin Amis, "The Little Puppy That Could".
The course graduate will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of American music in the cultural-historical context. The graduate of the alternative course content will acquire comprehensive knowledge about the role and representation of sport in Anglophone culture.
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Prerequisites
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A general interest in American history and culture, a good working knowledge of English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
Course attendance (2 absences permitted), reading, active participation in seminar discussion, essay, written test
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Recommended literature
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Appell, Glenn, and David Hemphill. (2005). American Popular Music: A Multicultural History . Belmont, CA.
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Crawford, Richard. (2005). America's Musical Life: A History. New York.
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George-Warren, Holly, and Patricia Romanowski, eds. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. New York.
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Chafe, William H. (2007). The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II. New York.
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Maier, Pauline, Merritt Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel Kevles. (2002). Inventing America: A History of the United States. Vol. 1.. New York.
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Nash, Gary B., gen. ed. (2006). The American People : Creating a Nation and a Society. New York.
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Peprník, Jaroslav. (2003). A Guide to the USA II.. Olomouc.
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Peprník, Jaroslav. (2004). A Guide to the USA I.. Olomouc.
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Starr, Larry, and . (2009). American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3. New York.
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Tick, Judith, ed. (2008). Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion. New York.
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Urdan, Laurence, ed. (1996). The Timetables of American History. New York.
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