2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1
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Contents
Winter (Vorlesung)
Session | Date | Topic/Title | Reading | Presentation |
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1 | Oct. 23, 2007 | Course Outline | Session 1 | |
2 | Oct. 30, 2007 | From Anglo Saxon Raids to Global Anglophone Culture |
Literature | Session 2 |
3 | Nov. 6, 2007 | Harbingers of Freedom, Democracy and Civil Rights? |
Literature | Session 3 |
4 | Nov. 13, 2007 | Religion |
Literature | Session 4 |
5 | Nov. 20, 2007 | An Economic History of the English speaking World |
Literature | Session 5 |
6 | Nov. 27, 2007 | Technology and Knowledge |
Literature | Session 6 |
7 | Dec. 4, 2007 | Media and the Public (I) |
Literature | Session 7 |
8 | Dec. 11, 2007 | Media and the Public (II) |
Literature | Session 8 |
9 | Dec. 18, 2007 | Crossing Borders |
Literature | Session 9 |
10 | Jan. 8, 2008 | The Construct(edness) of Traditions (I) |
Literature | Session 10 |
11 | Jan. 15, 2008 | The Construct(edness) of Traditions (II) |
Literature | Session 11 |
12 | Jan. 22, 2008 | Written Test | Literature | Session 12 |
13 | Jan. 29, 2008 | Cultural Icon(s)/Iconology | Literature | Session 13 |
14 | Feb. 5, 2008 | Feedback on Test and Look Ahead |
Literature | Session 14 |
Summer (Übung)
History and Culture
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- Bernard Mandeville's Fable of the Bees (1714/23) and the development of modern societies
- Civil Rights Movement
- Why Trauma Culture in the 1990s?
(Popular) Cultural Phenomena in Anglophone Spheres
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- Madonna
- The Simpsons
- Music
- Dance
- Cyberculture
Present Debates
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- 9/11
- Globalization
Portfolio Requirements
The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:
- Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 1 -- 3 KP:
- 1 Übungsblatt mit Exzerpt eines primär- und eines Sekundärtexts (unbenotet) -- date due: January 15, 2008
- 1 Written Test (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) -- January 22, 2008.
- Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 2 -- 3 KP:
- 3 textanalytische Aufgaben (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) (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.