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If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]].
 
If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]].
  
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On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our seminar "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".  
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On this page you will find detailed information on the lecture and courses "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies".
  
 
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Lecture: Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts
 
Lecture: Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts
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*3.02.030 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]], Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2)
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*3.02.030 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]], Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2) (on Thu April 26 – 18-20 Uhr we will be in A07 Hörsaal G)
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Course: Key Concepts in Cultural Studies
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*3.02.031 - Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: A01 0-005
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*3.02.032 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-002
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*3.02.033 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-003
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*3.02.034 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Wed, 12:00-14:00, V02 0-003
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*3.02.036 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-004
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*3.02.037 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00, A01 0-010 b
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*3.02.038 - Daniel Glade - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-004
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*3.02.039 - [[User: Daniel.sip|Daniel Sip]] - Thu, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: A 14 1-103
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optional Tutorials:
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*3.02.042 - Tutor: Almke Ratjen - Tue, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: V02 0-003
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*3.02.045 - Tutor: Katharina Bieloch - Mon, 12:00 - 14:00
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*3.02.046 - Tutor: Britta Kölle - Mon, 18.00-20.00, Room: V02 0-004
  
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The lecture and course is part of the Basismodul 7 and focuses on key concepts in cultural studies and techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing culture. The "VL/Ü Key Concepts of Cultural Studies" consists of 6 lectures on ''Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts'' which are structured into three conceptual blocks:
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Course: Key Concepts in Cultural Studies (V02 0-003)
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*3.02.031-38 - Martin Butler, [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]], Michaela Keck, [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]], Daniel Glade  - Do, 18:00 - 20:00, A09 0-018
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* Block I: The Formation of Historical Periods in Literary and Cultural Studies
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Tutorials:
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The seminar part of the Basismodul 7 focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering eight parallel courses. Please make sure that you are registered under ONE of these in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
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* Block II: Primary Facts and Moments in the Study of Cultural and Literary History
  
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All parallel courses have a common structure. The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.
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* Block III: Concepts of Cultural Studies
  
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The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.
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The lectures are followed by 7 courses/Übungen on ''Key Concepts of Cultural Studies''.
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The Übung analyzes material and is relying on concepts and approaches provided in the lectures. The analysis of the material from a cultural studies perspective is based on three guiding questions:
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*1. What are the specific and medial characteristics of the Material? (See Handouts: Conceptual Tools)
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*2. How is the material situated and what institutions are responsible for its existence and discussion?
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*3. What function and effect for identity formation can the material have?
  
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Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below). In addition you will need to purchase two books:
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Please make sure that you are registered for the lecture and ONE of the courses in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
  
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*William Shakespeare. ''As You Like It''. Ed. Juliet Dusinberre. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A & C Black, 2008.
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The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.
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*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2003.  
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[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_curriculum_BM7.pdf Course work]: You will be asked to hand in three exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on 25.11.2011, 16.12.2011 and 03.02.2012 respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on 28.02.2012). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [http://www.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/downloads/leitfaden_wiss_arb_wise_09-10.pdf style sheet], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively, one of which will be tested at the end of the term (Written Test).  For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).
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The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.
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[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_curriculum_BM7.pdf Course work]: You will be asked to complete a Written Test (Date: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 10-12 h, A14, HS 1 + 2), and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on Aug 15).  For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).
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The RPO is to be formatted according to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/leitfaden_lit-cult_2012.pdf style sheet].
  
 
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Two useful links for all assignments:
 
Two useful links for all assignments:
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*[[Literary Studies:Writing academic texts]] - esp. for the research paper outline
 
*[[Literary Studies:Writing academic texts]] - esp. for the research paper outline
  
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==Session One, November 3-4: Introduction==
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==Session One, April 19: Introduction: Culture – Discourse – Identity – Media ==
  
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'''Welcome''
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'''Welcome'''
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*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_curriculum_BM7.pdf BM 7 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
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*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/seminarplan_bm7_2011-12-Final.pdf BM 7 Programme]
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/poetry_reader.pdf Poetry Reader] includes:
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#[[Sir Philip Sidney, Loving in Truth (1591)|Sir Philip Sidney, "Loving in Truth" from ''Astrophil and Stella'' (1591)]]
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#[[Sir Philip Sidney, Not at first sight (1591)|Sir Philip Sidney, "Not at first sight" from ''Astrophil and Stella'' (1591)]]
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#[[William Percy, Sonnet II (1594)|William Percy, "Sonnet II" from ''Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia'' (1594)]]
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#[[William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXX (1609)|William Shakespeare, "Sonnet CXXX" from ''The Sonnets'' (1609)]]
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#[[George Herbert, The Deniall (1633)|George Herbert, "The Deniall" (1633)]]
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#[[William Wordsworth, Scorn Not the Sonnet (1827)|William Wordsworth, "Scorn Not the Sonnet" (1827)]]
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#[[Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)]]
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#[[Christina Rossetti, I wish I could remember (1881)|Christina Rossetti, "I wish I could remember" from ''A Pageant and Other Poems'' (1881)]]
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#[[Langston Hughes, I, Too (1925)|Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1925)]]
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#[[Edward Estlin Cummings, Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind (1944)|e.e. Cummings, "Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind" (1944)]]
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Preliminaries for seminar communication.
 
Preliminaries for seminar communication.
  
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==Session Two, November 10-11: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre==
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*Introduction to the BM 7 [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_curriculum_BM7.pdf Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
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*Introduction to the BM 7 [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/seminarplan_bm7_sose_2012_final.pdf BM 7 Programme]
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*Introduction to the '''Concepts of Culture, Discourse, Identity, and Media''' [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-04-20_Intro_to_lit_and_cult_vorlesung.pdf Slides of the presentation]
  
 
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_analysing_poetry.pdf Analysing Poetry]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_discourse.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse]
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* Sources: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1975_culler__structuralist_poetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_culture.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_identity.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_media.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media]
  
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*Poetry Reader
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==Session Two, April 26: VL Literary and Cultural Theory: A Survey of Approaches ==
  
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Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_timeline_cultural_turn.pdf Literary and Cultural Theory: A Survey]
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* Presentation [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-04-26_final_literary_theory.pptx Literary and Cultural Theory: A Survey] '''(If you encounter troubles opening the PPT try: right click on our link -> "save as" and download the file onto your desktop)'''
  
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==Session Three, November 17-18: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech==
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==Session Three, May 3: VL Periods in Literary and Cultural History: A Survey ==
  
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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* Presentation: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-05-03_final_periods_in_literary_and_cultural_history.pptx Periods in Literary and Cultural History: A Survey] '''(If you encounter troubles opening the PPT try: right click on our link -> "save as" and download the file onto your desktop)'''
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*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_figurative_speech.pdf Figurative Speech]
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==Session Four, May 10: VL Facts, Dates, Events in British History ==
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*Poetry Reader
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* Presentation [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-05-10_final_facts_dates_events_brit_hist.pptx Facts, Dates and Event in British Cultural History] '''(If you encounter troubles opening the PPT try: right click on our link -> "save as" and download the file onto your desktop)'''
  
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Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects).
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==Session Five, May 24: VL Facts, Dates, Events in American History ==
  
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* Presentation [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-05-24_facts_dates_events_american_cultural_history.ppt Facts, Dates and Event in American Cultural History] '''(If you encounter troubles opening the PPT try: right click on our link -> "save as" and download the file onto your desktop)'''
  
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==Session Six, May 31: VL Cultural History of Identities: Gender ==
  
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* Presentation [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-05-30_key_concepts_in_cultural_studies_gender_prot.pptx Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Gender and Sexuality] '''(If you encounter troubles opening the PPT try: right click on our link -> "save as" and download the file onto your desktop)'''
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*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_rhetoric.pdf Rhetoric]
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*[[Heinrich F. Plett, Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse (1971)|Excerpt from Plett]]
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==Session Seven, June 06-08: Ü Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies ==
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*William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''.
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_discourse.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_culture.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_identity.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-05_HO_key_concepts_media.pdf Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media]
  
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A speech from the Shakespeare play
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==Session Eight, June 13-15: Analysing Television and Film ==
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==Session Five, December 1-2: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure==
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/Instructions%20for%20watching%20MAD%20MEN.pptx "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Mad Men. AMC. Los Angeles. 19 July 2007. Television.]
  
 
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*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_analysing_dramatic_communication.pdf Analysing Dramatic Communication]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-13_conceptual_tools_for_film_analysis.pdf Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film]
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-08_conceptual_tools_for_tv_analysis.pdf Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Television Shows]
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*[[Manfred Pfister, Das Drama (1977)|Excerpt from Pfister]]
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* Film Glossary [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/reading_film_a_glossary.pdf Film Glossary]
  
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==Session Nine, June 20-22: Analysing Visual Material ==
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*William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''.
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/2004_spiegelman_no_towers.pdf Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.]''' Please have a closer look at Eisner's introductory pages ("The Sky is Falling") and at page 2 of his graphic novel'''
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==Session Six, December 8-9: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation==
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012-06-21_conceptual_tools_for_graphic_novel_analysis.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels]
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Characters and Genre Aspects.
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==Session Seven, December 15-16: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
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==Session Ten, June 27-29: Analysing National Anthems and their Rewritings: Neil Young's: Living with War ==
 
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1a.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/Instructions%20for%20listening%20to%20Neil%20Young.pptx Neil Young ''Living with War'' Label:Reprise 2006] [http://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/index.php/Neil_Young:_LIVING_WITH_WAR '''Lyrics''']
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1b.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements, Variety A]
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/neil_young_living_with_war_music_video.mp4 Neil Young ''Living with War'' Music Video]
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Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
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  '''Film Screening''': Blade Runner; Wed, 21.Dec, 8-10pm, in A07 (Hörsaal G).
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==Session Eight, December 22-23: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques==
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012_06_26_conceptual_tools_for_popular_music_analysis.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Popular Music]
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::Korte, Helmut: ''Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch.'' 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2004.
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/smoking_gun.mpg Smoking Gun Clip]
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*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/materials/rockets_red_glare.wmv Rockets Red Glare Clip]
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==Session Eleven, July 04-06: Analysing Web Culture ==
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'''The Mad Men Website'''
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*[http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men AMC's Mad Men Website]
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*[http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2008/07/interview-with-don-draper.php ''An Interview with Don Draper'']
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*[http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/which-mad-men-are-you ''Which Mad Man Are You?'' Game]
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*[http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/job-interview ''Job Interview'' Game]
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*[http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/party-guide ''Mad Men Party Guide'']
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*[http://media.amctv.com/assets/show-mad-men/campaign/s5/party-guide-html/downloads/Masks.pdf ''Mad Men Party Masks for the Party'']
  
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Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [Fiction worksheet]
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'''Mad Men Fan Fiction'''
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*[http://www.fanfiction.net/tv/Mad_Men/ FanFiction.net: Mad Men]
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*[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5421576/1/Don_and_Betty gilmoregossiplover. "Don and Betty: Some Don and Betty moments before the show began." ''fanfiction.net'' 04 April 2009. Web. 04 Jul 2012.]
  
 
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* Handout [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2012_07_04_conceptual_tools_for_the_analysis_of_web_culture.pdf Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Web Culture ]
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* Web Culture Glossary [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2010_sonvilla-weiss_glossary.pdf Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss. "Glossary." ''Mashup Cultures.'' Ed. Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss. Wien et al.: Springer, 2010. 246-253. Print.]
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Please note: The BM7 module consists of

  • a seminar ("Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"),
  • a tutorial ("Research Methods", offered in the previous winter term) and
  • a combined lecture and seminar course ('Key Concepts of Cultural Studies').

All students beginning in the winter term 2011/12 need to have enrolled for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods", and a seminar in BM 7. Registration is via Stud.IP.

If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact Michaela Koch.

On this page you will find detailed information on the lecture and courses "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies".

Lecture: Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts

  • 3.02.030 - Anton Kirchhofer, Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2) (on Thu April 26 – 18-20 Uhr we will be in A07 Hörsaal G)


Course: Key Concepts in Cultural Studies

  • 3.02.031 - Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: A01 0-005
  • 3.02.032 - Anton Kirchhofer - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-002
  • 3.02.033 - Christian Lassen - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-003
  • 3.02.034 - Christian Lassen - Wed, 12:00-14:00, V02 0-003
  • 3.02.036 - Michaela Koch - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-004
  • 3.02.037 - Michaela Koch - Fri, 10:00-12:00, A01 0-010 b
  • 3.02.038 - Daniel Glade - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: V02 0-004
  • 3.02.039 - Daniel Sip - Thu, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: A 14 1-103

optional Tutorials:

  • 3.02.042 - Tutor: Almke Ratjen - Tue, 18:00 - 20:00, Room: V02 0-003
  • 3.02.045 - Tutor: Katharina Bieloch - Mon, 12:00 - 14:00
  • 3.02.046 - Tutor: Britta Kölle - Mon, 18.00-20.00, Room: V02 0-004

The lecture and course is part of the Basismodul 7 and focuses on key concepts in cultural studies and techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing culture. The "VL/Ü Key Concepts of Cultural Studies" consists of 6 lectures on Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts which are structured into three conceptual blocks:

  • Block I: The Formation of Historical Periods in Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Block II: Primary Facts and Moments in the Study of Cultural and Literary History
  • Block III: Concepts of Cultural Studies

The lectures are followed by 7 courses/Übungen on Key Concepts of Cultural Studies. The Übung analyzes material and is relying on concepts and approaches provided in the lectures. The analysis of the material from a cultural studies perspective is based on three guiding questions:

  • 1. What are the specific and medial characteristics of the Material? (See Handouts: Conceptual Tools)
  • 2. How is the material situated and what institutions are responsible for its existence and discussion?
  • 3. What function and effect for identity formation can the material have?

Please make sure that you are registered for the lecture and ONE of the courses in Stud.IP and open a wiki account which will enable you to participate in online discussions.

The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.

The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.

Course work: You will be asked to complete a Written Test (Date: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 10-12 h, A14, HS 1 + 2), and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on Aug 15). For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography). The RPO is to be formatted according to the style sheet.

Two useful links for all assignments:


Session One, April 19: Introduction: Culture – Discourse – Identity – Media

Welcome

Preliminaries for seminar communication.

Analytical Tools

Materials for Cultural Analysis

Session Two, April 26: VL Literary and Cultural Theory: A Survey of Approaches

Session Three, May 3: VL Periods in Literary and Cultural History: A Survey

Session Four, May 10: VL Facts, Dates, Events in British History

Session Five, May 24: VL Facts, Dates, Events in American History

Session Six, May 31: VL Cultural History of Identities: Gender

Session Seven, June 06-08: Ü Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies

Session Eight, June 13-15: Analysing Television and Film

Material

Analytical Tools

Session Nine, June 20-22: Analysing Visual Material

Material

Analytical Tools

Session Ten, June 27-29: Analysing National Anthems and their Rewritings: Neil Young's: Living with War

Material

Analytical Tools

Additional material:

Futher Information: Materials for Cultural Analysis

Session Eleven, July 04-06: Analysing Web Culture

The Mad Men Website

Mad Men Fan Fiction

Analytical Tools

Session Twelve, July 11-13: Course Evaluation / Recap in Preparation of Written Test

In preparation for the recap meeting, please review the handouts Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Graphic Novel and Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Popular Music and Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture / Media / Identity / Discourse.

Examples:

Test Assignment Graphic Novel: In the Shadow of No Towers (page 1).

Test Assignment Popular Music: Rise Against: Hero of War 

    Written Test: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 10-12 h s.t.(!), A14, HS 1 + 2

Session Thirteen, July 18-20: Feedback and Course Evalutation / Presentation and Discussion of RPOs

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects 

     [BM7 - Introduction to Litertary and Cultural Studies - Research Paper Outline (due on Aug 15)]

Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:

1. Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the four key concepts: identity, media, discourse, culture
2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the Übungen: Man Men, In the Shadow of No Towers,Living with War
3. There is one exception: You can pick a popular song which was not part of our Übung if you analyse it in relation to the Key Concept: Identity

You have access to the scholarly discourse on the material from the Übung through the MLA database.

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