STUDIES IN AMERICAN CULTURE
| Title | ΣΠΟΥΔΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ / STUDIES IN AMERICAN CULTURE |
| Code | Λογ7-315 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600007511 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600213344
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600213344
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Εnglish. Basic knowledge of US history and literature.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course:
- Students will have familiarized themselves with socio-historical events and historical periods which have shaped American culture
- Students will have examined a wide range of texts, and will have comprehended the dynamic relationship between texts, their contexts, and surrounding ideologies, during specific periods of American history
- Students will have critically studied – through the close reading practices - concepts such as American exceptionalism, war and American imperialism, American democracy and exclusionary politics
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course focuses on socio-historical events and historical periods which have shaped American culture through the study of literary texts, movies, newspaper articles, speeches. Students will examine important inconsistencies in the history of American political ideologies and practices. They will explore the dynamic relationship between master narratives and counter-narratives through a critical engagement with concepts such as American exceptionalism, war and American imperialism, American democracy and exclusionary practices.
Keywords
U.S.A, history, literature, master narratives and counter-narratives, American exceptionalism, war and American imperialism, American democracy
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of powerpoint presentations and multimedia for teaching; use of eLearning to set up interactive exercises in a virtual environment, to collect and assess students' work and to communicate with students.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 117 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 0 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Course assessment can either involve:
In-class presentation and a take-home essay, followed by a final exam
or
A final exam
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Bernstein, Andrea. American Oligarchs : The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Costigliola, Frank, and Michael J. Hogan. America in the World : The Historiography of American Foreign Relations since 1941 Cambridge University Press,, 2014.
Doolen, Andy. Fugitive Empire : Locating Early American Imperialism. University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
Foster, Travis M. Genre and White Supremacy in the Postemancipation United States. Oxford University Press, 2019.
Levander, Caroline Field, and Robert S Levine. Hemispheric American Studies. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Nye, Joseph S. The Paradox of American Power : Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Pressley, Nelson. American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Prosser, Jay. American Fiction of the 1990s : Reflections of History and Culture. Routledge, 2008.
Redding, Arthur F. Turncoats, Traitors, and Fellow Travelers : Culture and Politics of the Early Cold War. University Press of Mississippi, 2008.
Last Update
05-07-2022
