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War as a Metaphor in Modern America

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Course ID:	4219-SB037
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	War as a Metaphor in Modern America
Name in Polish:	War as a Metaphor in Modern America (Wojna jako metafora we współczesnej Ameryce)
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 2nd year all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 3rd year Elective courses - humanities - BA studies elective courses - weekday studies - first cycle
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	5.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	In this course we will explore the use of war as a metaphor in various social, cultural, and political contexts in the modern United States. The starting point for our discussions will be how film makers and documentarians have presented the issue in their movies, and from there we will consider who the combatants are, their strategy and tactics, their campaigns, and the way these wars are shaping contemporary America. We will begin the course studying how wars, hot and cold, have shaped the United States. Then we will move to the use of war as metaphor in non-military contexts as in culture wars and wars on science, labor, women, religion, Christmas, and drugs.
Full description:	Course topics may include: Wars Hot The Cold War Politics as war War on Poverty The War on Terror The surveillance state The War on Drugs Race Wars The war on Labor Culture Wars The war on science Climate change Teaching evolution The war on religion The war on Christmas The war on the tradition family The war on women
Bibliography:	Reading assignments may be selected from the following: Suid, Guts and Glory Dower, War without Mercy Koppes and Black, Hollywood Goes to War Whitfield, The Culture of the Cold War Hunter, Culture Wars Mooney, The Republican War on Science Films may be selected from the following: Why We Fight Fruitvale White Dog The Big Red One Salt of the Earth The War Room Primary Colors Gettysburg Hearts and Minds Inherit the Wind Flag of Our Fathers Citizenfour For the most current version of the syllabus, consult the COME platform.
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge By the conclusion of this course, students will have a general understanding of how war rhetoric functions in contemporary American political, cultural, and social debates an overview of how war has shaped American society in the 20th century Skills By the conclusion of this course, students will develop skills in researching the contemporary expression of America’s culture wars analyzing popular culture for expression of the culture wars communicating in good English prose the results of that research Competences By the conclusion of this course, students will be sensitized to the way war functions as a metaphor in contemporary American society aware of the key issues dividing Americans culturally and politically able to make comparisons with other nations
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assignments include a research paper (50%), online forum contributions (30%), and in class oral presentations (20%).

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU KON W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	William Glass
Group instructors:	William Glass
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Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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