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120032 PS Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies (2009W)

"Crossing Borders, Violating Categories" - Analysing Male and Female Monsters with the Help of Feminist and Psychoanalytical Theories

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Tu 15.09.2009 14:00 to Mo 28.09.2009 14:00
Registration is open from Fr 02.10.2009 14:00 to Th 08.10.2009 14:00
Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2009 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Susanne Zhanial

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 12.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 19.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 09.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 16.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 23.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 30.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 07.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 14.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 11.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 18.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 25.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Apart from Stoker's Dracula and Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, authors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries created a number of surpassingly beautiful, but also extremely dangerous female monsters. In this interdisciplinary course we will use feminist and psychoanalytical theories to reveal (gender-specific) differences in the portrayal of male and female monsters and in the heroes' struggle against these monsters. The theoretical concepts will help us to explain, for example, how and why the corporeal beauty of the female monsters is linked with their usurpation of (male) powers and how this link helps to justify their violent and shocking destruction.
All texts will be situated in their historical/cultural contexts and we will discuss why monsters cannot be inscribed in the category of the "other", but radically question dualistic categories. We will therefore use Julia Kristeva's theory of the abject to explain the ambiguous position the monsters occupy on the margins of Western culture.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, reading of required texts; participation in discussions; participation in 2 film screenings; 1 group presentation; Portfolio (consisting of short "portfolio notes" and one final essay)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this course is to introduce students to feminist and psychoanalytical theories and to show them how they can use these theories to analyse literature and films.

Examination topics

Interactive

Reading list

Bram Stoker: Dracula; Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera
Henry Rider Haggard: She; Richard Marsh: The Beetle

A course reader with excerpts from theoretical texts will be available.

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612

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