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124010 VO Introduction to Cultural Theories (2023S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 31.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 21.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 28.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 12.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 26.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 02.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 09.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 16.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 23.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

Information

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:
Arnold
DeSaussure - Peirce- Barthes;
Marx/Engels - Gramsci - Althusser
Foucault; Derrida;
Freud - Lacan;
CCCS-theorists
Beauvoir-Kristeva
Butler
Hall-Said-Bhabha;
Baudrillard-Jameson-Lyotard

Assessment and permitted materials

Final written exam (90 mins)
8 questions
(Questions 1-2 : answer in full sentences; Questions 3-8: answer in note-form OR in full sentences)
Detailed Information on the exam will be given in the lecture.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

FINAL WRITTEN EXAM (see above)
Onsite exam: No supportive sources allowed (= no dictionaries, scripts)
Regular Attendance of the lecture HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Examination topics

A guidelines-file & a questionnaire for preparation for the final exam will be available by mid-term. Detailed info in the lecture!

Reading list

Storey, John. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. (1997 -2011)
Storey, John. Cultural Studies and Popular Culture. (1988)
Longhurst, Brian. Introducing Cultural Studies. (2008)
Hall,Stuart. Representation. Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices. (1997)
Struken, Marita & Lisa Cartwright. Practices of Looking. (2001)

Text-excerpts, abstracts, and quotes from & references to the sources above (and others included in the lecture) will be available on the PPTs for individual lectures + accessible via links on moodle in specific sections.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, EC 125, EC 126;
Code/Modul: BA07.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4030

Last modified: Fr 06.10.2023 13:07