124267 AR Cultural/Media Studies 1/2 (AR) (2014W)
Violence, Crime and Citizenship in American TV Series
Continuous assessment of course work
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IMPORTANT!! This will be an EARLY block seminar with conference attendance. Please note that you need to REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE by Sep. 20. You register by writing an email to tvseries@univie.ac.at, stating your name, address, and affiliation (student, University of Vienna).
The first session of the course will be on Oct. 1 (10-12); attendance of this session is absolutely mandatory. The second part of the course will be the conference on "Transgressive Television" (October 1-3, Amerikahaus Wien), which is also a compulsory part of this course; attendance is required throughout the conference. You can find the program online at tvseries.univie.ac.at. Further sessions will take place on Tuesdays in October and November from 4-8 p.m.
The first session of the course will be on Oct. 1 (10-12); attendance of this session is absolutely mandatory. The second part of the course will be the conference on "Transgressive Television" (October 1-3, Amerikahaus Wien), which is also a compulsory part of this course; attendance is required throughout the conference. You can find the program online at tvseries.univie.ac.at. Further sessions will take place on Tuesdays in October and November from 4-8 p.m.
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 Mo 08.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 12.09.2014 18:00
- Registration is open from Tu 23.09.2014 00:00 to Th 25.09.2014 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
IMPORTANT!! This will be an EARLY block seminar with conference attendance. Please note that you need to REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE by Sep. 20. You register by writing an email to tvseries@univie.ac.at, stating your name, address, and affiliation (student, University of Vienna).
The first session of the course will be on Oct. 1 (10-12); attendance of this session is absolutely mandatory. The second part of the course will be the conference on "Transgressive Television" (October 1-3, Amerikahaus Wien), which is also a compulsory part of this course; attendance is required throughout the conference. You can find the program online at tvseries.univie.ac.at. Further sessions will take place on Tuesdays in October and November from 4-8 p.m.
- Wednesday 01.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 07.10. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 14.10. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 21.10. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 28.10. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 04.11. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 11.11. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 18.11. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 25.11. 16:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the landscape of American television has decisively changed. The medium continues to be what Gary Edgerton has termed "a technology, an industry, an art form, and an institutional force"; (The Columbia History of American Television, 2007), but its formats and generic conventions have been profoundly transformed in recent years, especially so in the arena of serial drama. Whereas seriality had been part and parcel of television entertainment since the 1940s; from Days of Our Lives and Peyton Place to Desperate Housewives;the diversity of the global market, the development of DVD and BluRay technologies for home viewing, and the synergies of television and the Internet have resulted in more innovative formats. In this compact course, which will be combined with the participation in an international conference, we will explore several aspects of what has become known as "Quality TV"; and specifically engage with the analysis of representations of violence and crime in serials such as House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Wire, Fargo, and True Detective. What functions (politically, ideologically, ethically and aesthetically) does the depiction of transgressive behavior play? What does it mean for contemporary concepts of American citizenship?
Assessment and permitted materials
Regular attendance of all conference sessions and class meetings, active participation, poster presentation and final writing assignment (research essay)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will be familiarized with contemporary theories on the politics of mass media, "quality tv", American television, and the format of the serial drama. In combination with examples from contemporary television serials, these theories will serve the analysis of particular ideological codes (such as race, class, and gender). International and interdisciplinary dialogue with other experts in the field will help students in an overall diagnosis of American television programming today.
Examination topics
Interactive discussions in class and at an international conference, team work, poster presentations, independent research and visual media
Reading list
All theoretical texts will be provided in a reader that can be purchased from CopyStudio in September. Please view at least three of the following serials ahead of time:
House of Cards (seasons 1 and 2), Breaking Bad (all seasons), Dexter (season 1), Fargo (season 1), and True Detective (season 1)
House of Cards (seasons 1 and 2), Breaking Bad (all seasons), Dexter (season 1), Fargo (season 1), and True Detective (season 1)
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA 844;
Code/Modul: MA5; MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4261
Code/Modul: MA5; MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4261
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