North American Culture - Identity(ies) and History

Code:

LLC024

Acronym:

CNAIH

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	3	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	42	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this programme is to reflect on the founding myths and on the moments and happenings which are most representative of American culture and history so that students may understand the importance of considering identities within the context of the so called American national identity.

Program

Taking Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a starting point for reflection, this programme will focus on the following aspects:

• The founding myths: the invention of “America”; the New (American) Jerusalem; the journey; the utopian vision; the pastoral vision and the new American Adam.

• The South, the Southern identity, the Civil War and the Nation.

• The new modern, industrial nation-state

• The visibility of the black community and of other minority groups.

Mandatory literature

Avelar, Mário ; Histórias da Literatura Americana (Prólogo)
Gray, Richard ; “Remapping a nation: Chicano/ a and Latino/ a writing”
Sousa Santos, Maria Irene Ramalho ; “ Lugares de sentido na Literatura Americana”
Twain, Mark ; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Zafar, Rafia ; “A New Negro”

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theorical, Pratical and Tutorial Classes

keywords

Social sciences > Cultural studies > American studies > North-American studies

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-02-12
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2011-02-12
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2011-02-12
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Not applicable

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable