170623 SE MA 1.3. "Discourses and Methods" (2020W)

Transformations/Shapeshifting

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

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 07.09.2020 09:00 to Su 20.09.2020 23:55
Registration is open from Th 24.09.2020 09:00 to Th 01.10.2020 23:55
Deregistration possible until Mo 26.10.2020 23:55

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Rainer Köppl

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

STATUS QUO (02. Okt..2020)
Die LV findet digital statt. Wenn die Verhältnisse es wieder erlauben sollten, werden Präsenzeinheiten eingeschoben.

Thursday 08.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 15.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 22.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 29.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 05.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 12.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 19.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 26.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 03.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 10.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 17.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 07.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 14.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 21.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 28.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Different theoretical approaches are possible: one could start out from Hegel's idealistic aesthetics of a transformation of form into content (and vice versa) or from McLuhan's bon mot that the medium is the message, from which one can conclude that every medial transFORMation must also lead to a change in content, and thus, paraphrased post-Barthesian, to ever new possibilities for a Renaissance du lecteur.
Logically, one can also use a historical-comparative approach: the shapeshifter is an archetype; examples of metamorphoses are countless throughout the millennia and mythologies. From Zeus, who transforms into a bull, to the werewolf and Dracula. The psychoanalytical view of antiquity and the present is also exciting. We will examine the relationship between inside and outside. Dr. Jekyll can only turn into Mr. Hyde because Mr. Hyde has to hide inside Dr. Jekyll. The boundaries of shape-shifting and masking overlap: masks also cause a "shift", - physically and often also psychologically.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

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Reading list

Association in the course directory

MA 1.3 Discourses and Methods (7 ECTS)

Master Theatre, Film and Media Studies (583) ➡ Theatre, Film and Media Cultures (21 ECTS)

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:18