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See for part 1: [[2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1]]
 
See for part 1: [[2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1]]
  
==Session 1==
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__TOC__
==Session 2==
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==Session 3==
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==Session 4==
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'''Tutors/Turorials'''
==Session 5==
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*[[User:Jasmin Bashale]]
==Session 6==
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*[[User:Florian Gubisch]]
==Session 7==
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*[[User:Mark Lehoucka]]
==Session 8==
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*[[User:Manuel Saralidis]]
==Session 9==
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==Session 10==
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==Session: Organisation and Introduction==
==Session 11==
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*Methods and principles in Cultural Studies,
==Session 12==
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*explaining the outline of this course
==Session 13==
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*Text: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustav Vassa, the African, Written By Himself, 1789
==Session 14==
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*close reading of frontispiece & beginning of first chapter; structure of the text
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* “Nationallizenzen” and ECCO
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'''Homework'''
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*Vol. I, Ch. V-VI,
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*Vol. II, Chaps. IX-X
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*close readings
 +
 
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==Session: Text Analysis==
 +
*discussing the mandatory readings
 +
 
 +
==Session: Historical Contextualization==
 +
*clarifying the frameworks
 +
*group work (material distributed in class)
 +
 
 +
'''Homework'''
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*Research – where can I find material?
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:*Group 1: open access (e.g. the Internet),
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:*Group 2: limited access (e.g. online databases),
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:*Group 3: on campus library,
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:*Group 4: inter-library loan
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==Session: Research Methods==
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'''Handout'''
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*[[Excerpt|What is an Excerpt]]?
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'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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*Evaluating the quality of research methods and materials
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*Research Exercise: GVK Plus
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'''Homework'''
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*read the following article: Carretta, Vincent. “Defining a Gentlman: The Status of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa.” Language Sciences 22 (2000): 385-399.
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==Session: Analyzing Secondary Literature==
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'''Handout'''
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* Link
 +
 
 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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* Vincent Carretta's article
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:# structure
 +
:# argumentation
 +
:# how does the text deal with primary text?
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:# how doe the article deal with a discussion that has evolved around the Equiano narrative?
 +
:# how do I position myself with respect to the article
 +
 
 +
'''<font color=red>Assignment 1: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 2: MAY 19, 2009</font>'''
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* Link,
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 +
==Session: New Perspectives on Equiano==
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'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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* Embedding Equiano in the concepts and approaches of Postcolonial Studies, Diaspora (e.g. Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic)
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 +
==Session: ''9/11'' Naudet Brothers, Media Screening, May 19, 2009==
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ATTENTION: mandatory for everybody
 +
 
 +
==Session: Documentary Film==
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*Close analysis
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*Medium “documentary film” – compared to “feature film”; finding a definition; narrative structure? Fiction?
 +
 
 +
'''Homework'''
 +
* Background reading
 +
 
 +
==Session: Representations of 9/11 ==
 +
'''Handout'''
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* Link
 +
 
 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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* Literature, film, artworks, photography…how does ‘culture’ deal with 9/11
 +
 
 +
'''Homework'''
 +
* Probing research methods – what can I find out about critical discussions on these events?
 +
 
 +
==Session: Discourse==
 +
'''Handout'''
 +
* Link
 +
 
 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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* Roland Barthes and the Mythologies
 +
* Reading and discussing 3 short articles
 +
* 5 examples (e.g. photographic images)
 +
 
 +
'''<font color=red>Assignment 2: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 2: June 19, 2009</font>'''
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* “Discourse Analysis” – answer the following questions (material will be distributed in class)
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:*what discourses are in the text?
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:*is there a critical analysis of these discourses?
 +
:*what are the strategies/means to create a distance?
 +
:*does the text take issue with the discourses?
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 +
==Session: Constructing/-edness of a Discourse==
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'''Handout'''
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* [[Discourse Analysis]]
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 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
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* How is a discourse of terror(ism) formed? The terrorist themselves; media; reception
 +
* Comparative analysis of British newspapers
 +
* Goal of the discourse formation ?
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Homework'''
 +
* not yet decided
 +
 
 +
==Session: From Public to Academic Debates==
 +
'''Handout'''
 +
* Link
 +
 
 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
 +
* The terror attacks in the framework of multiculturalism
 +
* Developing theses/statements
 +
* Structure of an (argumentative) essay
 +
 
 +
'''Homework'''
 +
* not yet decided
 +
 
 +
==Session: Round-up==
 +
'''Handout'''
 +
* Link
 +
 
 +
'''Exercises & Discussions'''
 +
* Preparations for Assignment 3
 +
* Evaluation, feedback
 +
 
 +
'''<font color=red>Assignment 2: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 3: July 07, 2009</font>'''
 +
 
 +
==Bibliography (reading suggestions)==
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*Assmann, Aleida. Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft: Grundbegriffe, Themen, Fragestellungen. Grundlagen der Anglistik und Amerikanistik 27. Ed. Rüdiger Ahrens, Wolf-Dietrich Bald & Edgar W. Schneider. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2006.
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* Bachmann-Medick, Doris. Cultural Turns. Neuorientierungen in den Kulturwissenschaften. Rowohlts Enzyklopädie. Ed. Burghard König. Reinbeck: Rowohlt, 2006.
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* Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
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*Jenks, Christ. Culture. Key Ideas. Series Ed. Peter Hamilton. London & New York: Routledge, 1993.
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*Marchart, Oliver. Cultural Studies. Konstanz: UVK Verl.-Ges., 2009.
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*Nünning, Ansgar, ed. Grundbegriffe der Kulturtheorie und Kulturwissenschaften. Stuttgart & Weimar: Metzler, 2005.
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*O’Sullivan, Tim. Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. London et al.: Routledge, 1995.
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*Pickering, Michael, ed. Research Methods for Cultural Studies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2008.
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*Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.

Revision as of 19:23, 1 April 2009

See for part 1: 2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1


Tutors/Turorials

Session: Organisation and Introduction

  • Methods and principles in Cultural Studies,
  • explaining the outline of this course
  • Text: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustav Vassa, the African, Written By Himself, 1789
  • close reading of frontispiece & beginning of first chapter; structure of the text
  • “Nationallizenzen” and ECCO

Homework

  • Vol. I, Ch. V-VI,
  • Vol. II, Chaps. IX-X
  • close readings

Session: Text Analysis

  • discussing the mandatory readings

Session: Historical Contextualization

  • clarifying the frameworks
  • group work (material distributed in class)

Homework

  • Research – where can I find material?
  • Group 1: open access (e.g. the Internet),
  • Group 2: limited access (e.g. online databases),
  • Group 3: on campus library,
  • Group 4: inter-library loan

Session: Research Methods

Handout

Exercises & Discussions

  • Evaluating the quality of research methods and materials
  • Research Exercise: GVK Plus

Homework

  • read the following article: Carretta, Vincent. “Defining a Gentlman: The Status of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa.” Language Sciences 22 (2000): 385-399.

Session: Analyzing Secondary Literature

Handout

  • Link

Exercises & Discussions

  • Vincent Carretta's article
  1. structure
  2. argumentation
  3. how does the text deal with primary text?
  4. how doe the article deal with a discussion that has evolved around the Equiano narrative?
  5. how do I position myself with respect to the article

Assignment 1: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 2: MAY 19, 2009

  • Link,

Session: New Perspectives on Equiano

Exercises & Discussions

  • Embedding Equiano in the concepts and approaches of Postcolonial Studies, Diaspora (e.g. Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic)

Session: 9/11 Naudet Brothers, Media Screening, May 19, 2009

ATTENTION: mandatory for everybody

Session: Documentary Film

  • Close analysis
  • Medium “documentary film” – compared to “feature film”; finding a definition; narrative structure? Fiction?

Homework

  • Background reading

Session: Representations of 9/11

Handout

  • Link

Exercises & Discussions

  • Literature, film, artworks, photography…how does ‘culture’ deal with 9/11

Homework

  • Probing research methods – what can I find out about critical discussions on these events?

Session: Discourse

Handout

  • Link

Exercises & Discussions

  • Roland Barthes and the Mythologies
  • Reading and discussing 3 short articles
  • 5 examples (e.g. photographic images)

Assignment 2: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 2: June 19, 2009

  • “Discourse Analysis” – answer the following questions (material will be distributed in class)
  • what discourses are in the text?
  • is there a critical analysis of these discourses?
  • what are the strategies/means to create a distance?
  • does the text take issue with the discourses?

Session: Constructing/-edness of a Discourse

Handout

Exercises & Discussions

  • How is a discourse of terror(ism) formed? The terrorist themselves; media; reception
  • Comparative analysis of British newspapers
  • Goal of the discourse formation ?


Homework

  • not yet decided

Session: From Public to Academic Debates

Handout

  • Link

Exercises & Discussions

  • The terror attacks in the framework of multiculturalism
  • Developing theses/statements
  • Structure of an (argumentative) essay

Homework

  • not yet decided

Session: Round-up

Handout

  • Link

Exercises & Discussions

  • Preparations for Assignment 3
  • Evaluation, feedback

Assignment 2: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 3: July 07, 2009

Bibliography (reading suggestions)

  • Assmann, Aleida. Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft: Grundbegriffe, Themen, Fragestellungen. Grundlagen der Anglistik und Amerikanistik 27. Ed. Rüdiger Ahrens, Wolf-Dietrich Bald & Edgar W. Schneider. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2006.
  • Bachmann-Medick, Doris. Cultural Turns. Neuorientierungen in den Kulturwissenschaften. Rowohlts Enzyklopädie. Ed. Burghard König. Reinbeck: Rowohlt, 2006.
  • Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
  • Jenks, Christ. Culture. Key Ideas. Series Ed. Peter Hamilton. London & New York: Routledge, 1993.
  • Marchart, Oliver. Cultural Studies. Konstanz: UVK Verl.-Ges., 2009.
  • Nünning, Ansgar, ed. Grundbegriffe der Kulturtheorie und Kulturwissenschaften. Stuttgart & Weimar: Metzler, 2005.
  • O’Sullivan, Tim. Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. London et al.: Routledge, 1995.
  • Pickering, Michael, ed. Research Methods for Cultural Studies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2008.
  • Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.