What is culture and why do we need to take notice of it? The foremost proponents of Cultural Studies have each, in their time and own way, supplied us with a number of reasons for engaging seriously with all aspects of cultural phenomena as well as culture as performance. We will be looking closely at the major trends in cultural theory in order to find out how these ideas can be applied to analyses of cultural texts. Our thematic focus will be on the representational politics of culture, on the way in which images of self and other are conveyed to in-and out-groups by having recourse to the wide palette of cultural productions – from literary works to popular audiovisual forms like TV series, commercial and art house films, to advertising and video games.
Course material will either be placed in the Semesterapparat (IB) or, if otherwise difficult to locate, will be made available in CLIX.
Participation
All lecture series material to be read in preparation for each session as scheduled; regular participation in the full lecture series; end of term written test.
Please check the TAS website under "Your Studies" for guidelines, especially on note-taking during a lecture series. |
