Social changes mirrored by lyrics of American hip-hop genre 3223-SCM-OG
The aim of the course is to present selected aspects of the social and cultural history of the United States in the 20th century through visual representations created both in the past and today. How does the self-presentation of a given historical moment differ from its later reinterpretation? Selected topics include hip-hop culture, rap slang, discrimination issues, language of protest, rap biographies, linguistic analysis of rap texts, etc.
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Mode
General: Classroom Self-reading | Term 2023Z: Self-reading Classroom | Term 2024Z: Self-reading Classroom |
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Learning outcomes
Students get:
- general knowledge of the research field
- know and understand the connections between applied linguistics and literary studies with other fields of science and scientific disciplines,
- know and understand the relations between languages and their role in culture,
- know and understand cultural differences which are an important factor in the formation of multicultural societies in the modern world, know the general socio-economic and legal realities in areas related to the studied languages.
-can critically analyze texts as products of culture, can search, analyze, evaluate and select authentic texts in at least one studied foreign languages and develop professional skills in the field of applied linguistics and literary studies.
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