Literature of American Fascism

Dados do curso

Ministrante: Prof. David Dunaway (University of New Mexico)

Idioma em que o curso será ministrado: Inglês

Objetivo: 
1.    To familiarize students with the cultural dynamics of the American literature of the 20th Century.
2.    To invite parallels between Brazil and in the United States.

Programa do curso: Over the past century, major American authors have imagined the arrival of fascism on the Potomac. A bully, a braggart, an anti-Semite, a menacing drunk—all these are characters in the great push to Make America Fascist.
This course invites students of American literature, history, psychology (and other fields) to join in discussing the Achilles heel of American democracy: What would happen if voters made the wrong choice in a presidential election. The excerpts the class reads will be supplemented to fill in context and historical periods. A schedule of readings is attached; all are in English.. Please keep up with readings as the class moves quickly.
A demagogue elected President? Famous authors such as Jack London, Phillip Dick, and Philip Roth have considered the damage that could do to democracy and to our environment, worldwide. Forewarned is forearmed.

Course Schedule 
April 5 - Alexis de Tocqueville and the Achilles Heel of American Democracy (de Tocqueville)
April 6 - Sinclair Lewis: American Red (Lewis)
April 7 - Philip Roth: American Noir (Roth)
April 8 - Octavia Butler: American dystopian fiction (Butler)
                        
Schedule of Readings
April 5 - Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America, “What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear”
Philip Roth: The Plot against America, “Afterword”
April 6 - Sinclair Lewis: It Can’t Happen Here, excerpts
April 7 - Philip Roth: The Plot against America, excerpts
​​​​​​​April 8 - Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower, excerpts

Período

Dias 5, 6, 7 e 8 de abril de 2021, das 17:00 às 20:00 (on-line). O link para acesso às aulas será enviado por e-mail aos alunos inscritos.

Investimento

Gratuito.

Inscrições

De 23 de março a 01 de abril de 2021.

Link para inscrição: http://ccint.fflch.usp.br/summer_school_inscricoes

Vagas: 80 (por ordem de inscrição).