Difference between revisions of "2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1"

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• Outline of the entire program - draft
• Tutorials Michaela Koch Fr 12-14/ Florian Gubisch Mo 12-14, beginning with Oct. 10th.

Portfolio Requirements

The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:

• Portfolio requirements for BM2, Part 1 -- 3 KP:

• 1 Written Test (40% of the final mark) -- January 14, 2009.

• Portfolio requirements for BM2, Part 2 -- 3 KP:

• 3 Assignements (60% of the final mark) (Week 4, 7, and 10 of term)

Click here for further information about the structure of this course and the portfolio requirements.

Tutorials

The tutorials have their own page at 2008-09 BM2 Tutorials

Reading List (A -suggested- Selection), to be cont'd

• Alexander, Jeffrey C. and Steven Seidman, eds. Culture and Society: Contemporary Debates. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge UP, 1990.
• Bové, Paul. Mastering Discourse: The Politics of Intellectual Culture. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1992.
• Boyer, Paul S., Clifford E. Clark, Jr. et al., eds. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People. Concise 4th ed. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
• Brantlinger, Patrick. Crusoe’s Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America. New York: Routledge, 1990.
• Clifford, James. The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard UP, 1988.
• Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
• Hartley, John and Roberta E. Pearson. American Cultural Studies: A Reader. Oxford et al.: Oxford UP, 2000.
• Holtkamp, Wolfgang. Rediscovering America: New Approaches to American Culture. Stuttgart et al.: Metzler, 2001.
• Jenks, Christ. Culture. Key Ideas. Series Ed. Peter Hamilton. London & New York: Routledge, 1993.
• Marchart, Oliver. Cultural Studies. Konstanz: UVK Verl.-Ges., 2008.
• Nünning, Ansgar and Roy Sommer, eds. Kulturwissenschaftliche Literaturwissenschaft: Disziplinäre Ansätze –Theoretische Positionen – Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2004.
• O’Sullivan, Tim. Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. London et al.: Routledge, 1995.
• Rohr, Susanne, ed. Making America: The Cultural Work of Literature. Heidelberg: Winter, 2000.
• Saldívar, José David. Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies. Berkeley et al.: U of California P, 1997.
• Williams, Patrick, ed. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. New York, NY et al.: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.