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American values and pres. election EKSAMEN
This topic takes its starting point in the presidential election in the US (Autumn 2024), where we will listen to and analyse a couple of speeches after the results have been announced. Then we will turn to three pairs of traditional American values (as outlined by Kearny et al): Individual Freedom & Self-Reliance, Equality of Opportunity & Competition, and Material Wealth & Hard Work, and, not least, the notion of the 'American Dream'. Most of the texts we are going to read will be viewed in this context, and we will also look at the birth of a nation/a nation of immigrants and to an extent at whether the American Dream is available to everyone in equal measures. We will finish off by looking at a brief history of Hip Hop as a genre and analyse different rap texts in groups.
Key terms: American dream, individual freedom, self-reliance, competition, equality of opportunity, material wealth, hard work, immigration, slavery, racism, segregation, ghetto, protest, republican, democrat, liberal, conservative
Kernestof
Donald Trump: Victory Speech
Kamala Harris: Concession Speech
Kearney et al.: 'Traditional American Values and Beliefs' (background text – from ‘American Ways’)
Emma Lazarus: 'The New Colossus' (poem - sonnet)
Walt Whitman: 'I Hear America Singing' (poem)
Langston Hughes: 'I, Too, Sing America' (poem)
Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream' (excerpt from speech from the anthology 'Black Voices')
Steve Tuttle: 'The Frugal Family Guide' (article - Newsweek)
In small groups: (texts from Open Wide)
2Pac: 'Brenda's got a Baby'
Ice-T: Colors
Nicki Minaj: Lookin Ass Nigga
Sean Penn: 'Into the Wild' (film)
Supplerende stof:
Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream' (recording of the speech)
History.com: 'Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB0i6bJIjw (short film from History.com about MLK Jr's speech)
Rap and Hip Hop: Crash Course Black American History #47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCA5b9TkVg (short youtube video)
Unbiased Professor Explains: 'The American Dream (An unbiased overview)' https://youtu.be/L1uz_3-tnWE?si=LHcC3mkniOySwd9m (short youtube video)
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