Wiedza o USA 0400-AG1-2AMS
Wykład (WYK) Rok akademicki 2019/20

1. Highbrow, Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy In America, by Lawrence Levine, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1988

2. A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory, ed. Michael Payne, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1996.

3. Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988

4. The American Tradition in Literature, Volumes 1 and 2, ed S. Bradley et al, New York: Random House, 1981.

5. The College Anthology of American Literature, ed. by Zygmunt Mazur, Kraków: Universitas 1998.

A People and a Nation. Vol. 1 & 2. Ed. By M.B. Norton et al, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986

Beyond the basic literature suggested above, students will pursue relevant texts on-line or from print sources in order to expand both their and the group's grounding in the selected issues under discussion.

Immigration

The evolution of American patriotism

Slavery and its legacy of racism

The religious underpinnings of American society

America as the 'City upon a Hill'

The cultural origins of American traditional music

Mass entertainment from 18th century to present

Indigenous relations

America as superpower

The contemporary American presidency