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120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies (2022W)

Airborne Pandemics: (Visual) Culture and Ecology of Disease

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 17.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 24.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 31.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 07.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 14.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 21.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 28.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 05.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 12.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 09.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 16.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 23.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 30.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has emphasized the tight connection between humans and nonhumans. This course explores this relationship by drawing on numerous fictional and real pandemics depicted in cultural texts. Through its exclusive focus on airborne pandemics, the course investigates the relationship between air, breath, and the environment and foregrounds the issue of (in)visibility when it comes to the virus, toxicity, and pollution. In doing so, it explores pandemics from the perspectives of both the health humanities and the environmental humanities.

Assessment and permitted materials

Expert session, recommended readings (5 sessions), question for guest lecturer, abstract & term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• Expert Session: 30%
• Recommended Readings: 20%
• Abstract & Term Paper: 50%
• Question for Guest Lecturer: pass/fail

To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60% and complete all assignments.

Examination topics

There will be no written exam at the end of the course.

Reading list

Students need to purchase the following texts (films, a short story, and a novel):

• Wolfgang Petersen, Outbreak (1995)
• Steven Soderbergh, Contagion (2011)
• M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening (2008)
• Colm McCarthy, The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
• Todd Haynes, Safe (1995)
• Katherine Anne Porter, “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” (1939)
• Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612;
Code/Modul: BA09.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4040

Last modified: Tu 27.09.2022 13:48