Delivered at:: School of Literature and Intercultural Communication

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 1 year, 1, 2 module

Instructor

Fomina, Ekaterina

Полная версия программы учебной дисциплины

Аннотация

In the course of mastering the discipline of US History and Culture students will learn about the most prominent personalities and ideas that influenced American values, beliefs and myths in a historical perspective. In addition, students will master the skills of working with different types of sources on US history and culture (historical, literary, artistic and related to popular culture), will learn to analyze the origins and development of major American institutions and values.

Цель освоения дисциплины

Mastering linguistic and cultural competence of students by familiarizing them with the history, geographical location, features of social and political life, culture, traditions and customs of the United States of America.

Планируемые результаты обучения

Develop skills of reading techniques for understanding articles on general, academic and professional topics
Obtain additional sophisticated knowledge in the sphere of culture studies, history and intercultural communication
Get the skills to find, select and give a brief analysis of the useful data, and present a fully developed argumentation- oral ( discussions\reports) and written
Improve strategies of speaking on professional topics, enhance presentation skills
Work effectively with authentic audible or written materials

Содержание учебной дисциплины

1. Geography, population
2. Politics
3. Discovery of America
4. War of Independence
5. Civil War. Slavery. Golden Rush
6. America in the XXth century
7. American English
8. American customs
9. American media
10. American national cultural world

Элементы контроля

Test on lectures
Тест состоит из 10 вопросов по материалам лекций и семинаров. 1 полностью верный ответ вопрос – 1 балл. Наполовину правильные ответы не засчитываются.
Seminar results
Reports, seminar answers, tests
Project
Final project on important American events or historical figures

Промежуточная аттестация

2023/2024 учебный год 2 модуль
0.3 * Project + 0.25 * Seminar results + 0.25 * Seminar results + 0.2 * Test on lectures

Список литературы

Рекомендуемая основная литература

A Few Lessons from American History: Reader for Students of English . — Москва : СТАТУТ, 2014. — 80 с. — ISBN 978-5-8354-1011-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/61518 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Albin Beqiri. (2019). American Literature throughout Its History. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2550204
ARNOLD-FORSTER, T. (2020). New Histories of American Newspapers. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x20000102
Drolet, J.-F., & Dunkerley, J. (2017). American Foreign Policy : Studies in Intellectual History. [N.p.]: Manchester University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1586058
Fenster, M. (2008). Conspiracy Theories : Secrecy and Power in American Culture (Vol. Rev. and updated ed). Minneapolis: Univ Of Minnesota Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=267842
Hastedt, G. P. (2018). American Foreign Policy : Past, Present, and Future (Vol. Eleventh edition). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1463101
John E. O’Connor, & Martin A. Jackson. (2016). American History/American Film : Interpreting the Hollywood Image. Bloomsbury Academic.
Laccetti, J. N., & Kissinger, H. A. (2018). American Foreign Policy. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.EB7F024E
Leonie Huddy, & Nadia Khatib. (2007). American Patriotism, National Identity, and Political Involvement. American Journal of Political Science, (1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00237.x
Palmadessa, A. L. (2019). Cold War: Global Impact and Lessons Learned. New York: Nova. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2156015
Phillips, K. R. (2005). Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture : Horror Films and American Culture. Westport, Conn: Praeger. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=299697
Sara Lorenzini. (2019). Global Development : A Cold War History. Princeton University Press.
Sulaiman, M., & Yuliani, S. (2017). A Contrastive Analysis between British and American Varieties: A Case-Study of English Accents. https://doi.org/10.26638/470.203X
Talalakina, E. V. Academic Skills through Cases in American Studies / E. V. Talalakina, I. V. Yakusheva. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, 2011. — 144 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-0919-7. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/65968 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Tony Shaw, & Denise J. Youngblood. (2014). Cinematic Cold War : The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds. [N.p.]: University Press of Kansas. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2107963
Wyatt, David. Secret Histories : Reading Twentieth-Century American Literature. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Авторы

Фомина Екатерина Михайловна

Bachelor’s Programme 'Foreign Languages and Intercultural Business Communication'

History and Culture of the USA