2009 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 2
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See for part 1: 2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1
Contents
- 1 Session: Organisation and Introduction
- 2 Session: Text Analysis
- 3 Session: Historical Contextualization
- 4 Session: Research Methods
- 5 Session: How to Read Secondary Literature
- 6 Session: New Perspectives on Equiano
- 7 Session: 9/11 Naudet Brothers, Media Screening, May 19, 2009
- 8 Session: Documentary Film
- 9 Session: Representations of 9/11
- 10 Session: Discourse
- 11 Session: Constructing/-edness of a Discourse
- 12 Session: From Public to Academic Debates
- 13 Session: Round-up
- 14 Bibliography (reading suggestions)
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 frontmatter & beginning of first chapter; structure of the book
- “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: How to Read Secondary Literature
Handout
Exercises & Discussions
- Vincent Carretta's article
- structure
- argumentation
- how does the text deal with primary text?
- 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
Assignment 1: DEADLINE: MAY 19, 2009
- Compile a Bibliography of secondary research on Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustav Vassa, the African, Written By Himself. 1789
- Give a structured analysis of this bibliography:
- Are there noticeable temporal gaps - remarkable intervals of no research?
- Is it possible to connect topics of research to individual decades?
- Select and digest one article of this list
- Try to place the article in the overview you gave in question one
- Give a brief summary of its content and main argument
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
Handout
Exercises & Discussions
- Close analysis
- Medium “documentary film” – compared to “feature film”; finding a definition; narrative structure? art? 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
Exercises & Discussions
- Preparations for Assignment 3
- Evaluation, feedback
Assignment 3: DEADLINE: 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.