POLITICAL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN THE USA
| Title | ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΩΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΗΠΑ / POLITICAL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN THE USA |
| Code | Λογ7-482 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600018111 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600248965
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600248965
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
A good handling of the English language. General knowledge of 20th American history.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course:
- Students will have acquired a deeper understanding of the historical circumstances that prompted the rise of specific civil rights movements in the US from the end of the 19th century to current times
- Students will have familiarized themselves with the ideology and theory behind civil rights movements that have shaped current American society
- Students will have critically examined a broad spectrum of literary and non-literary texts - drawn from different genres, such as fiction, short stories, theatrical writings, political manifestos, essays, and multimedia texts - through close readings that link the texts to their social, historical and ideological contexts
- Students will have acquired a critical understanding of how literary and non-literary texts produced and disseminated through different media have had an impact on political movements that changed social values and policies in the US
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 various political movements in the history of USA. Taking into consideration that a political movement is a collective effort by a group of citizens to change government policy, social values, and the status quo, the course examines the ideology and theory behind political movements such as: the women’s human rights and suffrage movement (1848-1920), the Civil Rights movement (1954-1968) anti-Vietnam war movement (1964-1973), the anti-nuclear movement (1970s & 1980s), the Black Lives Matter movement (2013), and the Me Too movement (2006). The course draws on an array of primary sources (such as poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction, film, political speeches, essay, multimedia texts etc.) so that the political movements examined are approached from different angles and points of view, as well as from different mediums of expression.
Keywords
Civil rights movements, ideology and theory of civil rights in US, texts and contexts of American Civil Rights Movements
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- 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 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 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)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Armstrong, Julie Buckner, ed. The Cambridge Companion to American Civil Rights Literature Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Coleman, Jeffrey Lamar, ed. Words of Protest, Words of Freedom : Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era Duke University Press, 2012.
Houck, Davis W., and David E. Dixon. Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Lange, Allison K. Picturing Political Power : Images in the Women's Suffrage Movement. University of Chicago Press,, 2020.
Lowery, Wesley. They Can't Kill Us All : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement. Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Roth, Benita. Separate Roads to Feminism : Black, Chicana, and White Feminist Movements in America's Second Wave. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Sturken, Marita. Tangled Memories : The Vietnam War, the Aids Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering. University of California Press, 1997.
Last Update
04-07-2022
