will discuss how portraits of monarchs and other influential figures reflected their ambitions and served as a message for the others. Applying our theoretical knowledge to analysing specific works of art, we will move on to discuss the form of the final presentation and its evaluation Stuarts (history), 17th century and Restoration literature • Sharpe, K. ‘Portrait of an Age’. In History Today, March 2009, pp. • Skeaping, L. ‘All singing, all dancing’. In History Today, February 2010, pp. 18-24. WEEK 4: Neo-Classicism, English School of The Age of Reason, Enlightenment, the rise of middle classes, satire, journalism Neo-Classical art and culture in general marked a shift in topics, styles and target audience for writers and visual artists alike. Using our knowledge of neo-classical literature as a starting point, we will analyse several paintings of the so called English School to see how similar principles were applied in visual arts. Since this period also marked the birth of journalism and regular newspapers, we will compare some of those with our current notions of what a newspaper Neoclassical prose and poetry • http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2176/2176-h/2176-h.htm - (Introduction and the first of the • compare Hogarth’s and Reynolds’ attitudes to art (themes and genres they preferred) and the education and training of young artists WEEK 5: Georgian architecture, domestic life, period in British art history will give us an opportunity to pay more attention to architecture. We will look back on how architectural styles evolved but will also discuss the less visible aspects of this topic, including the notion of domesticity and the organisation of domestic Jane Austen (literature), Hanoverians • Vickery, A. ‘Open House
Week Week Art and Identity in the British Colonies in America Portraiture – Ch.W.Peale, J.S.Copley, G.Stuart The Grand Tour – Benjamin West Reading – Of Plimoth Plantation Extra – Potraiture Week3: Post-Revolutionary Hudson River School and Landscape Scenes of Everyday – Alexis deTocqueville, The Influences of Democracy upon Science and the Arts, Two Weeks in the – American Treasury, Landscape Painting Week of Age Impressionism - Childe Hassam, M.S. Age and Ashcan School – R.Henri, G.Bellows, – American Ephemera Week Daguerreian Era and the Rise of Amateur and His – Susan Sontag, America seen through Photographs, – More than Mere Photographs Week Week – – Ch.Sheeler, – Walt Whitman, Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Deal - Social Realism and imagination and Early Documentary Photography – and Ethnic Pluralism Week Expressionism – J.Pollock and the NY The post War print Art and Photography – J.Johns – Allen Ginsberg, Howl
Week 9: Gender and Discourse analysis Week 10: Tutorials – no lecture Week 11: Making social Act Theory Week 12: Working the market: use of and the use of linguistic varieties Week 13: Tutorial – no lecture Week 14: Tutorial – no lecture SEMINARS - DETAILED DESCRIPTION Week 1: Introduction. Aims and objectives. Assessment and evaluation. Week 2: No seminar Week 3: Activities – handout Week 4: Activities – handout Week 5: Activities – handout Week 6: Test I Week 7: Activities – handout Week 8: Activities – handout Week 9: Activities – handout Week 10: Tutorials – no seminar Week 11: Activities – handout Week 12: Test II Week 13: Tutorial – no seminar Week 14: Tutorial – no seminar Evaluation
General Information Course name Gender in Literature: Selection of from American Literature ECTS Credits 4 Semester summer Aims The aim of the course is to focus on the role of gender in the canon of American literature from its development until today. Contents 1. Introduction 2. je dejinám literatúry kategória rodu? (Jana Cviková) 3. Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour 4. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 5. T.S. Eliot, Alfred Prufrock 6. Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake 7. Geofrey Eugenides, Middlesex 8. Diane de Prima, Selected Poems 9. Bashevis Singer, Androgynous, Two 10. Tutorials 11. Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye o
General Information Course name History of Great Britain ECTS Credits 4 Semester summer Aims From the Roman conquest of 43 CE through the Elizabethan age to the contemporary trends of the 21st century, the course traces the key events that have shaped Great Britain and Ireland from earliest times to the present day. It illuminates the political, social, economic, and cultural developments of the British Isles. Contents Week 1: Introductory lesson Week 2: The Anglo-Saxon Period Week Early Middle Ages – Norman and Plantagenet Week Later Middle Ages - Lancaster and York Week Tudors Week I Stuarts Week 18th and 19th century Week 20th century I Week
General Information Course name Institutions of the USA ECTS Credits 4 Semester summer Aims This is a graduate course designed to examine political institutions in contemporary America. Contents Session 1 (February 20). -Key documents and concepts -Checks and Balances Session 2 (March 20). -Political parties and elections -Foreign relations Session 3 (May 15). -Domestic discussion Evaluation Class participation – – exam (Final Discussion) – 50% The final grade for the course will be based on the following grading 64% and less Cheating and/or plagiarism will result in an automatic FX for the course and a memo to the
10. Arts Evaluation There will be two tests taking during the semester. The midterm test will cover topics 1-5, the end-of-term test will cover topics 6-10. Each student will need to get a combined score of no less than 65 points in order to be allowed to take the Final instructor will also be taking attendance every week. Any students deemed unprepared will be marked as absent. The maximum number of absences allowed is 2 per semester. Any student who fails to achieve the required minimum of 65 points on the midterm and end-ofterm tests has failed the class. For the rest of the students, the final assessment will be determined solely by their score on the Final Test. The Final Test will be taken during the exam period (Jan- Feb). Two retakes are possible; the most recent score always counts. The instructor will post exam dates in the AIS at the beginning of December and students will sign up for the test well in advance in the AIS. Any registration changes have to be performed no less than 24 hours before the test takes grading scale is A B [92-86], C [85-78], D [77-72], E [71-65], FX [64-0]. Bibliography
General Information Course name Introduction to Philosophy, Sociology, Religious Studies, and Politics ECTS Credits 5 Semester summer Aims The aim of this course is to introduce students to the concepts of Philosophy, Sociology, Religion and Politics from the point of view of Gender Studies. Contents Feminism in the 19th century: Margaret Fuller 20th century: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Simone de Beauvoir Second Wave Feminism: Betty Friedan and Kate Millett Outline of sessions: 1st session: Gloria Anzaldúa: “Towards a New Lorde: “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference.” 2nd Hong Kingston: “No Name Johnston. “Was Lesbian Separatism Inevitable?” Available at: http://www.glreview.com/
General Information Course name Language Skills - Vocabulary Development ECTS Credits 3 Semester summer Aims To develop and improve English vocabulary in the classroom with intermediate to intermediate/advanced level students and to increase their language competences with a special focus on some aspects of vocabulary learning. The course aims to help to learn new words and word combinations, functioning as meaningful units with a fixed or semi-fixed form (collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms), and to show that the words can play different roles in a text, and can express a variety of meanings. Contextually based learning is of great importance, and various sources are suggested. Contents
Chambers, Samuel A. “Introduction: Queer Theory and the Cultural Politics of Television.” The Queer Politics of Television. London: I.B. Tauris, 2009. 1-28 Horn, Katrin. “Camping with the Queer Performativity, Pop Intertextuality, and Camp in the Pop Art of Lady Gaga.” COPAS 11 (2010). Mistry “Madonna and Gender Trouble.” http://www.theory.org.uk/madonna.htm