This is an opening episode on American Culture. It's ideally addressed to English Language-Literature undergrads. In this episode, I discuss the terms "culture", "American" and what it means to say "American Culture". By the end of the episode, "American Dream" also becomes a topic.

References:

ADAMS, James Truslow. The Epic of America. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931.

BAYM, Nina (general editor); LEVINE, Robert S (associate general editor). The Norton Anthology of American Literature volume C. 8th edition. New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012.

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CREVECOEUR, J. Hector St. John de. "What is an American". In: Letters From an American Farmer. First published in 1782.

CULLEN, Jim. The American Dream: a short history of an idea that shaped a nation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

JEFFERSON, Thomas. The Declaration of Independence, 1776.

WILLIAMS, Raymond. Keywords: a vocabulary of culture and society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMOBlEcRuw8&t=2s