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124010 VO Introduction to Cultural Theories (2017S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 28.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 04.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 09.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 16.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 23.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 30.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 27.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture course will introduce students to the field of Cultural Theories. Together, we will explore the most important theoretical models and perspectives of the fields of Semiotics, Marxism, Discourse-Analysis, Psychoanalysis, (Post-)Structuralism, Post-Modernism, Subculture-Studies in lecture sessions. These investigations will be grounded in practical examples focused on, but not limited to, visual culture. By this process students will be provided with the critical tools (theoretical, analytical, historical) necessary to analyze and evaluate cultural phenomena and popular media for what it reveals about:
(1) the processes of meaning making in the production and consumption of power-discourses and cultural artifacts, and
(2) the dynamics of representation, power, and knowledge as they relate to questions of class, race, sexuality & gender.
Here is a list of some of the most central theorists we will discussed in detail:
DeSaussure - Peirce- Barthes;
Marx/Engels - Gramsci - Althusser
Foucault; Derrida;
Freud - Lacan;
CCCS-theorists;
Beauvoir-Kristeva - Butler;
Hall-Said-Bhabha;
Baudrillard-Jameson-Lyotard
Gelder-Hebdige

Final written exam
(8-9 questions)
Detailed Information on the exam will be given in the lecture.
All study-material will be provided on moodle.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final written exam
(8-9 questions)
Detailed Information on the exam will be given in the lecture.
All study-material will be provided on moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, EC 125, EC 126;
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.4-401, BA07.2; EC Cultural and Regional Studies 2
Lehrinhalt: 12-4030

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