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Lecturer(s)
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Fonfárová Vladimíra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Seminar will run for 10 weeks. 1st - 9th week/3 hours, last week 1 hour. Away from Civilization, Back to the Nature: In the Footsteps of H. D. Thoreau (Into the Wild) Position of Sexual Minorities in Paranoia-Stricken Post-WWII America (A Single Man) Racism in America (Guess Who´s Coming to Dinner) The Unemployment Problem in the North of England (Full Monty) Searching for One´s True Self: Position of Women in Post-WWII America (Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus) Culture and Popculture in America (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) The Life of Immigrants in The Great Britain (Dirty Pretty Things) American Consumerism Scrutinized (God Bless America) American Boarding School and Forming of the Successful Young (Dead Poets Society)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Practice exercises, Analysis of a work of art
- Participation in classes
- 28 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 30 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for course credit
- 18 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| Knowledge of literary terms in the extent of "Introduction to Literature and Film" |
| Knowledge of literary terms in the extent of "Introduction to Literature and Film" |
| teaching methods |
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| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Practice exercises |
| Practice exercises |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| assessment methods |
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| Preparation of a presentation |
| Preparation of a presentation |
| Systematic observation of the student |
| Systematic observation of the student |
| Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation |
| Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation |
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Recommended literature
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Bordwell, David. On the History of Film Style. Harvard, 1997.
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Chatman, Seymour. Story and Discourse: Narative Structure in Fiction and Film. New York, 1980.
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Nash, Gary B., gen. ed. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society. New York, 2005.
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Oakland, John. British Civilization: An Introduction. New York, 2011.
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