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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Yudice_Culture.pdf Yúdice, George. "Culture." ''Keywords for American Cultural Studies.'' Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 71-6. Print.]
 
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Yudice_Culture.pdf Yúdice, George. "Culture." ''Keywords for American Cultural Studies.'' Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 71-6. Print.]
  
==Session Three, May 08/09: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative I ==
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==Session Three, May 15/16: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.'' Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.
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* Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Boyer_Old-South.pdf Boyer, Paul S. "Chapter 12: The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860." ''The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People.'' Sixth Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 354-67. Print.]
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* Foner, Eric. “The Peculiar Institution.” Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. New York: Vintage, 2005. 3-33. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
  
==Session Four, April 25/26: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative II ==
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==Session Four, May 22/23: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative II (Focal Point: Identity and Genre)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.'' Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.
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* Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 1997. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* Smith, Valerie. "Form and Ideology in Three Slave Narratives." ''Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1987. 9-43. Reprinted in: Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.'' Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York: Norton, 2001. 222-36. Print.
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* Foner, Eric. “True Likenesses.” Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. New York: Vintage, 2005. 34-40. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
  
==Session Five, May 02/03: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III ==
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==Session Five, May 29: No Class: Please Join the Friday Groups!==
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==Session Five, May 30: Mid-Term Recap==
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==Session Six, June 05/06: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III (Focal Point: Discourse)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
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'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* Accomando, Christina. "'The Laws Were Laid Down to Me Anew': Harriet Jacobs and the Reframing of Legal Fictions" ''African American Review'' 32.2 (1998): 229-44. Reprinted in: Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.'' Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York: Norton, 2001. 365-85. Print.
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* Nwankwo, Ifeoma C.K. “Douglass’ Black Atlantic: The Caribbean.” The Cambridge Companion to Frederick Douglass. Ed. Maurice S. Lee. Cambridge: CUP, 2009. 146-59. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/BM7_sose2013_Assignment_1.pdf ASSIGNMENT I, due: Monday, May 16, 2013]
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     [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT I, due: Thursday, June 12, 2014]
  
==Session Six, May 16/17: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I ==
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==Session Seven, June 12/13: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* [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.]
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* Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* Spiegelman,Art. "Introduction." ''In the Shadow of No Towers.'' New York: Pantheon, 2004.
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* McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
==Session Seven, May 23/24: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II ==
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==Session Eight, June 19/20: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II (Focal Point: Reading Graphic Narratives)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* [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.]
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* Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/espiritu_putting_grief_into_boxes.pdf Espiritu, Karen. "'Putting Grief Into Boxes': Trauma and the Crisis of Democracy in Art Spiegelman's In ''In the Shadow of No Towers''." ''Review of Education/Pedagogy/Cultural Studies'' 28.2 (2006) 179-201. Print.]
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* Little, Ben. "Constructing the Reader's Perspective in V for Vendetta." International Journal of Comic Art 11.1 (2009): 182-202. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
==Session Eight, May 30/31: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III ==
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==Session Nine, June 26/27: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III (Focal Point: Graphic Narratives and Identity Formation)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* [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.]
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* Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/espiritu_putting_grief_into_boxes.pdf Espiritu, Karen. "'Putting Grief Into Boxes': Trauma and the Crisis of Democracy in Art Spiegelman's In ''In the Shadow of No Towers''." ''Review of Education/Pedagogy/Cultural Studies'' 28.2 (2006) 179-201. Print.]
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* Greenblatt, Jordana. "I for Integrity: (Inter-)Subjectivities and Sidekicks in Alan Moore's V for Vendetta and Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns." ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comic Studies 4.3 (2009): no pag. Web.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Assignment_VisualMedia_2013-05-23.pdf ASSIGNMENT II, due: Monday, June 03, 2013]
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     [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT II, due: Thursday, July 03, 2014]
  
==Session Nine, June 06/07: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I ==
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==Session Ten, July 03/04: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Breakfast on Pluto.'' Dir. Neil Jordan. 2005. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. DVD.
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* ''Calamity Jane''. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.
  
 
''' Secondary Material'''
 
''' Secondary Material'''
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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]
 
* 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]
  
==Session Ten, June 13/14: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II ==
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==Session Eleven, July 10/11: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II (Focal Point: Gender and Identity)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Breakfast on Pluto.'' Dir. Neil Jordan. 2005. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. DVD.
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* ''Calamity Jane''. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.
  
 
''' Secondary Material'''
 
''' Secondary Material'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Nunes_National-Security.pdf Nunes, Charlotte. "In the Name of National Security: Torture and Imperialist Ideology in Sheridan's ''In the Name of the Father'' and Jordan's ''Breakfast on Pluto''." ''Human Rights Quarterly'' 31.4 (2009): 916-33. Print.]
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* Butler, Judith. “Imitation and Gender Insubordination.” Inside/ Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories. Ed. Diana Fuss. New York and London: Routledge, 1991. 13-31. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
==Session Eleven, June 20/21: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III ==
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==Session Twelve, July 17/18: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III (Focal Point: Gender, Genre, and Media)==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
* ''Breakfast on Pluto.'' Dir. Neil Jordan. 2005. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. DVD.
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* ''Calamity Jane''. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.
  
 
''' Secondary Material'''
 
''' Secondary Material'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2013_Lassen_Pluto-1.pdf Lassen, Christian. "The Passion of Saint Kitten, or: Desperately Seeking Mitzi, the Phantom Lady. Camp Responses to Interpellation and Subjection in Neil Jordan's ''Breakfast on Pluto''."] ''Anglistentag 2012 Potsdam: Proceedings.'' Eds. N.N. Trier: WVT, 2013. Forthcoming.
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* Savoy, Eric. "'That Ain't All She Ain't': Doris Day and Queer Performativity." Out Takes: Essays on Queer Performativity and Film. Ed. Ellis Hanson. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1999. 151-82. Print.
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/BM7_SoSe2013_Assignment3_Film.pdf ASSIGNMENT III, due: Monday, June 24, 2013]
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     [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT III, due: Thursday, July 17, 2014]
  
==Session Twelve, June 27/28: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs==
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==Session Thirteen, July 24/25: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs / Recap in Preparation for Written Test==
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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1. Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the four key concepts: identity, media, discourse, culture <br>
 
1. Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the four key concepts: identity, media, discourse, culture <br>
2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the Übungen: ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'', ''In the Shadow of No Towers'', ''Breakfast on Pluto''<br>
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2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the Übungen: ''Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''Calamity Jane''<br>
  
 
You have access to the scholarly discourse on the material from the Übung through the MLA database.
 
You have access to the scholarly discourse on the material from the Übung through the MLA database.
  
==Session Thirteen, July 04/05: Recap in Preparation for Written Test / Course Evaluation ==
 
 
In preparation for the recap meeting, please review the handouts ''Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Graphic Novels and Comics'' and ''Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Film'' and ''Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture / Media / Identity / Discourse''.
 
  
     WRITTEN TEST: Saturday, July 06, 2013, 10:00-12:00, A14 Hörsaal 1 und 2
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     WRITTEN TEST: Saturday, July 26, 2014, 10:00-12:00, A14 Hörsaal 1 und 2
  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:29, 23 April 2014

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Please note: The BM7 module consists of

  • a seminar ("Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the previous winter term),
  • a tutorial ("Research Methods", offered in the previous winter term),
  • a (biweekly) lecture ("Historical Backgrounds and Critcal Concepts", offered this term )and
  • a seminar ("Key Concepts of Cultural Studies", offered this term).

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 "Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts" and on the courses "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies".


Course: Key Concepts in Cultural Studies

Both the lecture and the courses are part of the Basismodul 7 and focus 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" and 13 courses/Übungen on "Key Concepts of Cultural Studies".

The Übung analyzes material and is relying on concepts and approaches complemented by 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 26, 2014, 10:00-12:00, A14 Hörsaal 1 und 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 24/25: Working With Key Concepts in Cultural Studies I

Welcome

Preliminaries and General Course Information.

Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

Session Two, May 01: No Class: Please Join the Friday Groups!

Session Two, May 02: Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies II

Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

Session Three, May 15/16: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

  • Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 1997. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Foner, Eric. “The Peculiar Institution.” Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. New York: Vintage, 2005. 3-33. Print.

Analytical Tools

Session Four, May 22/23: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative II (Focal Point: Identity and Genre)

Primary Material

  • Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 1997. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Foner, Eric. “True Likenesses.” Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. New York: Vintage, 2005. 34-40. Print.

Analytical Tools

Session Five, May 29: No Class: Please Join the Friday Groups!

Session Five, May 30: Mid-Term Recap

Session Six, June 05/06: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III (Focal Point: Discourse)

Primary Material

  • Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Nwankwo, Ifeoma C.K. “Douglass’ Black Atlantic: The Caribbean.” The Cambridge Companion to Frederick Douglass. Ed. Maurice S. Lee. Cambridge: CUP, 2009. 146-59. Print.

Analytical Tools

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT I, due: Thursday, June 12, 2014]

Session Seven, June 12/13: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

  • Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.

Secondary Material

  • McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. Print.

Analytical Tools

Session Eight, June 19/20: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II (Focal Point: Reading Graphic Narratives)

Primary Material

  • Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Little, Ben. "Constructing the Reader's Perspective in V for Vendetta." International Journal of Comic Art 11.1 (2009): 182-202. Print.

Analytical Tools

Session Nine, June 26/27: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III (Focal Point: Graphic Narratives and Identity Formation)

Primary Material

  • Moore, Alan and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. New York: Vertigo, 2008. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Greenblatt, Jordana. "I for Integrity: (Inter-)Subjectivities and Sidekicks in Alan Moore's V for Vendetta and Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns." ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comic Studies 4.3 (2009): no pag. Web.

Analytical Tools

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT II, due: Thursday, July 03, 2014]

Session Ten, July 03/04: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

  • Calamity Jane. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

Session Eleven, July 10/11: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II (Focal Point: Gender and Identity)

Primary Material

  • Calamity Jane. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Butler, Judith. “Imitation and Gender Insubordination.” Inside/ Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories. Ed. Diana Fuss. New York and London: Routledge, 1991. 13-31. Print.

Analytical Tools

Session Twelve, July 17/18: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III (Focal Point: Gender, Genre, and Media)

Primary Material

  • Calamity Jane. Dir. David Butler. Perf. Doris Day and Howard Keel. 1953. Warner Home Video, 2003. DVD.

Secondary Material

  • Savoy, Eric. "'That Ain't All She Ain't': Doris Day and Queer Performativity." Out Takes: Essays on Queer Performativity and Film. Ed. Ellis Hanson. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1999. 151-82. Print.

Analytical Tools

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT III, due: Thursday, July 17, 2014]

Session Thirteen, July 24/25: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs / Recap in Preparation for Written Test

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: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, V for Vendetta, Calamity Jane

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


    WRITTEN TEST: Saturday, July 26, 2014, 10:00-12:00, A14 Hörsaal 1 und 2