TEXTOS HISTÓRICOS Y CULTURALES ANGLONORTEAMERICANOS
(2014-2015)

rev. 2014-12-15
topic 1 topic 2 topic 3 topic 4 topic 5 topic 6 topic 7 topic 8 topic 9 topic 10 topic 11 topic 12

CONTENTS

Prologue.

Introduction.

TOPICS

  1. British Empire and American Revolution.
  2. Revolutionaries and Reformers. Federal Republic.
  3. Industrial Revolution.
  4. Victorianism. Manifest Destiny.
  5. Slavery and Sectional Strife.
  6. Imperialism and World War I.
  7. Industrialism and Capitalism.
  8. Foundations of the Welfare State.
  9. Prosperity and Depression.
  10. World War II and Imperial Twilight.
  11. Turbulent Years.
  12. Neoliberalism and Contemporary Societies.

SEMINARS

  1. The Madness of King George.
  2. Discussion.
  3. North and South.
  4. Discussion.
  5. The Birth of a Nation.
  6. Discussion.
  7. Missing.
  8. Discussion.
  9. Brassed Off.
  10. Discussion.
  11. Crash.
  12. Discussion.

Conclusion.

Week 1

Thurs., 11 Sept. PROLOGUE

Asignatura obligatoria de 6 créditos en segundo del Grado en Estudios Ingleses.

Guía docente.

Horario de mañana. Horario de tarde.

Exámenes. (Comprobar actas en el portal ULL.)

María José Chivite de León (mchivite@ull.es)
despacho B1-12, tel. (34) 922 31 76 41

Pedro Domínguez Caballero de Rodas (pdcrodas@ull.es)
despacho B1-20, tel. (34) 922 31 65 02-6612

Dpto. de Filología Inglesa y Alemana.
Facultad de Humanidades (Filología).
Universidad de La Laguna (España).

Week 2

Mon., 15 Sept. Feast of the Cross

Thurs., 18 Sept. INTRODUCTION

introduction

Pautas para comentar textos históricos.
Tony Watkins: Twenty questions to consider when watching a film.
Barack Obama: Victory Speech ► 18:28 (2008) (transcription).
Vince Warren: In Wake of Bin Laden Killing (2011).

Week 3

Mon., 22 Sept. TOPIC 1: BRITISH EMPIRE AND AMERICAN REVOLUTION

topic 1

Preliminary questions.
Edmund Burke: Speech on Conciliation with America (1775).
Proclamation of Rebellion (1775).
Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence (1776) (see the Original Rough Draught of the Declaration of Independence).
The American Revolution (historiography).

Thurs., 25 Sept. TOPIC 2: REVOLUTIONARIES AND REFORMERS. FEDERAL REPUBLIC

topic 2

Preliminary questions.
The Bill of Rights (1789).
Thomas Paine: Rights of Man (1792).

Week 4

Mon., 29 Sept. SEMINAR 1: THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George (1994). 107 min.

Thurs., 2 Oct. SEMINAR 2: DISCUSSION

seminar 2

Preliminary questions.

Week 5

Mon., 6 Oct. TOPIC 3: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

topic 3

Preliminary questions.
Thomas Carlyle: Signs of the Times (1829).
Lowell Mill (1840, 1883).

Thurs., 9 Oct. TOPIC 4: VICTORIANISM. MANIFEST DESTINY

topic 4

Preliminary questions.
Lord Ashley: Women Factory Workers (1844).
E. Lynn Linton: The Girl of the Period (1868).
Matthew Arnold: Culture and Anarchy (1869).
John O'Sullivan: Annexation (1845).

Week 6

Mon., 13 Oct. SEMINAR 3: NORTH AND SOUTH

North and South

North and South (2004), episodes 1-2.

Thurs., 16 Oct. TOPIC 5: SLAVERY AND SECTIONAL STRIFE

topic 5

Preliminary questions.
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) (cf. Bowling for Columbine, 2002).
Abraham Lincoln: 'House Divided' Speech (1858).
Squatter sovereignty.
Evolution of major parties.

Week 7

Mon., 20 Oct. SEMINAR 3: NORTH AND SOUTH (cont.)

North and South

North and South (2004), episodes 3-4.

Thurs., 23 Oct. SEMINAR 4: DISCUSSION

seminar 4

Preliminary questions.

Week 8

Mon., 27 Oct. TOPIC 6: IMPERIALISM AND WORLD WAR I

topic 6

Preliminary questions.
Joseph Chamberlain: Speech at the Royal Colonial Institute (1897).
Rudyard Kipling: The White Man's Burden (1899).
Mary Augusta Ward: England's Effort (1916).
Bertrand Russell: Some Psychological Difficulties of Pacifism in Wartime (1935).
Teddy Roosevelt and the American Ambition (2000).

Thurs., 30 Oct. TOPIC 7: INDUSTRIALISM AND CAPITALISM

topic 7

Preliminary questions.
Andrew Carnegie: Triumphant Democracy (1886).
The Men Who Built America: Andrew Carnegie ► 4:06 (video).
The Rockefellers Exposed ► 9:59 (video).
Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives (1890; see video ► 9:43).
Ellen F. Fitzpatrick: Muckraking (1994).

Week 9

Mon., 3 Nov. SEMINAR 5: THE BIRTH OF A NATION

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (1915). 190 min (abridged version, 100 min).

[Sala de audiovisuales.]

Thurs., 6 Nov. SEMINAR 6: DISCUSSION

seminar 6

Preliminary questions.
Kellogg's KRAVE: chocolate will never be safe again. (Spanish version.)
Conguitos (1960s). Conguitos (1994).
Cola Cao: Yo soy aquel negrito (1950s).

Week 10

Mon., 10 Nov. TOPIC 8: FOUNDATIONS OF THE WELFARE STATE

topic 8

Preliminary questions.
David Lloyd George: The New Liberalism (1908).
The Liberal reforms 1906-1914 (a printable version).
The Labour Party: Labour and the New Social Order (1918).
Jane Addams: Twenty years at Hull-House (1910).

Thurs., 13 Nov. TOPIC 9: PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION

topic 9

Preliminary questions.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Echoes of the Jazz Age (1931).
The Rise of Prohibition ► 5:11 (video).
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (1931) (listen to the song sung by Bing Crosby or by Al Jolson).
Unemployed Workers of Manchester: Our Poverty—Your Responsibility (1932).

Week 11

Mon., 17 Nov. SEMINAR 7: MISSING

Missing

Missing (1982). 117 min.

[Sala de audiovisuales.]

Thurs., 20 Nov. SEMINAR 8: DISCUSSION

seminar 8

Preliminary questions.
The Panama Deception (1992 documentary).

Week 12

Mon., 24 Nov. TOPIC 10: WORLD WAR II AND IMPERIAL TWILIGHT

topic 10

Preliminary questions.
Winston S. Churchill: Their Finest Hour (1940) (see audio slideshow).
Winston Churchill and the American Diaspora (2000).
Margaret MacMillan: Rebuilding the World after the Second World War (2009).
BBC On This Day: World War II.
The Blitz 1940-1941 ► 4:09 (video).
Jawaharlal Nehru: World Peace and Cooperation (1955).
Gandhi: Statement in the Great Trial of 1922.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961) (transcription).
Edward O. Ako: From Commonwealth to Postcolonial Literature (2004).

Thurs., 27 Nov. TOPIC 11: TURBULENT YEARS

topic 11

Preliminary questions.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream ► 17:28 (1963) (transcription).
Drew Hansen: Mahalia Jackson, and King's Improvisation (2013).
Eugene Robinson: A Dream Still Out of Reach (2011).
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial unveiled ► 2:45 (2011 video).
Margaret Drabble: The Sexual Revolution (1967).
Helen Perry: The Human Be-In (1970) (see the whole text).
The U.S. vs. John Lennon ► 1:39:30 (2006). (See some questions about the documentary.)

Lyrics of the following songs:
Scott McKenzie: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) ► 3:30 (1967).
The Beatles: Revolution ► 3:24 (1968).
John Lennon: God ► 3:35 (1970), Imagine ► 3:14 (1971).
Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the UK ► 3:28 (1976), God Save the Queen ► 3:35 (1977).

Week 13

Mon., 1 Dec. TOPIC 12: NEOLIBERALISM AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES

topic 12

Preliminary questions.
The Evolution of Thatcherism (2003).
Diane Ravitch: Now Is the Time to Teach Democracy (2001).
Alan Singer: Now Is the Time to Teach Democracy (2002 response to the article by Diane Ravitch).
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on her lone vote against the war in Afghanistan ► 11:52 (2012 video).
Kenan Malik: Multiculturalism undermines diversity (2010).

Thurs., 4 Dec. SEMINAR 9: BRASSED OFF

Brassed Off

Brassed Off (1996). 107 min.

[Sala de audiovisuales.]

Week 14

Mon., 8 Dec. Immaculate Conception

Thurs., 11 Dec. SEMINAR 10: DISCUSSION

seminar 10

Preliminary questions.

Week 15

Mon., 15 Dec. SEMINAR 11: CRASH

Crash

Crash (2004). 112 min.

[Sala de audiovisuales.]

Thurs., 18 Dec. SEMINAR 12: DISCUSSION

seminar 12

Preliminary questions.

Week 16

Mon., 22 Dec. CONCLUSION

Student satisfaction survey.