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'''Please note''': The ang070 module consists of  
 
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Courses: S/Ü Key Concepts in Cultural Studies  
 
Courses: S/Ü Key Concepts in Cultural Studies  
 
*3.02.041 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00, Room: A14 0-030
 
*3.02.041 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00, Room: A14 0-030
*3.02.042 - N.N. - Fri, 14:00-16:00, Room: A01 0-010a
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*3.02.042 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 14:00-16:00, Room: A01 0-010a
*3.02.043 - N.N. - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: A01 0-005  
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*3.02.043 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: A01 0-005  
 
*3.02.044 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 16:00-18:00, Room: A14 1-113
 
*3.02.044 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 16:00-18:00, Room: A14 1-113
 
*3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00, Room: A01 0-010b
 
*3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00, Room: A01 0-010b
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*3.02.047 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Thu, 16:00-18:00, Room: A01 0-009
 
*3.02.047 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Thu, 16:00-18:00, Room: A01 0-009
 
*3.02.048 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: A01 0-009
 
*3.02.048 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, Room: A01 0-009
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     Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl''. Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York and London: Norton, 2001. Print.
 
     Jacobs, Harriet. ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl''. Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York and London: Norton, 2001. Print.
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     Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Print.
 
     Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Print.
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     ''Fight Club''. 1999. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. 20th Century Fox, 2013. DVD.
 
     ''Fight Club''. 1999. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. 20th Century Fox, 2013. DVD.
  
[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 18, 2015, 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).
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[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Curriculum.pdf Course Work]: You will be asked to complete a Written Test (Date: Saturday, July 18, 2015, 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 [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/leitfaden_lit-cult_2012.pdf style sheet].
 
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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Preliminaries and General Course Information.
 
Preliminaries and General Course Information.
  
* Introduction to the ang070 [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_curriculum_BM7.pdf Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
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*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Curriculum.pdf ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
* Introduction to the ang070 Programme [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/BM7_Course_Outline_Summer2014.pdf BM 7 Programme]
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* Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/ang070_Seminarplan_2015.pdf ang070 Programme]
  
 
'''Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity'''
 
'''Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity'''
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Kaplan_Identity.pdf Kaplan, Carla. "Identity." ''Keywords for American Cultural Studies.'' Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 123-7. Print.]
 
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Kaplan_Identity.pdf Kaplan, Carla. "Identity." ''Keywords for American Cultural Studies.'' Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 123-7. 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.]
 
* [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.]
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Hall_Representation_1997.pdf "Representation." Hall, Stuart (ed.). ''Representation. Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices''. London: Sage Publications, 1997. 1-29.]
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* You may also watch Stuart Hall explain his notions of representation on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzMsPqssOY youtube]
  
 
==Session Two, April 23/24: Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies II==
 
==Session Two, April 23/24: Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies II==
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'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* TBA
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Woloch_BenevolenceReformSlavery.pdf Woloch, Nancy. "Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery." ''Women and the Great American Experience''. Second Ed. New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1994. 170-203. Print.]
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'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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*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 21/22: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III ==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
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*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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     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_AssignmentI.pdf ASSIGNMENT I due May, 28./29.]
  
==Session Six, May 16/17: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I ==
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    [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Assignment_1_SampleSolution.pdf Assignment I: Sample solution]
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==Session Six, May 28/29: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I ==
  
 
'''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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* Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
* Spiegelman,Art. "Introduction." ''In the Shadow of No Towers.'' New York: Pantheon, 2004.
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* Spiegelman, Art. "Introduction." ''In the Shadow of No Towers.'' New York: Pantheon, 2004.
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'''Context Material'''
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Foner_September11andtheNextGeneration.pdf Foner, Eric. "September 11 and the Next American Century." ''Give Me Liberty! An American History Vol. 2: From 1865.'' New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. 1038-1061. 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 Seven, June 04/05: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II ==
  
 
'''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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* Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.
  
 
'''Secondary Material'''
 
'''Secondary Material'''
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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]
 
* 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 Eight, June 11/12: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III ==
  
 
'''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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* Spiegelman, Art. ''In the Shadow of No Towers''. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. 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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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Versluys_Spiegelman_9_11_Trauma.pdf Versluys, Kristiaan. "Art Spiegelman's ''In the Shadow of No Towers'': 9/11 and the Representation of Trauma". ''MFS: Modern Fiction Studies'': 52.4 (2006), 980-1003. 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]
  
     [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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     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Spiegelman_Assignment_TaskPic.pdf ASSIGNMENT II due 18./19.06.2015]
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    [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Spiegelman_Assignment_SampleSolution.docx.pdf ASSIGNMENT II: Sample solution ]
  
==Session Nine, June 06/07: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I ==
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==Session Nine, June 18/19: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I ==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary 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 Ten, June 25/26: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II ==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
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''' Secondary Material'''
 
''' Secondary Material'''
* TBA
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/1991_butler_imitation_and_gender_insubordination.pdf 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 Eleven, July 02/03: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III ==
  
 
'''Primary Material'''
 
'''Primary Material'''
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''' Secondary Material'''
 
''' Secondary Material'''
* TBA
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* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Giroux_PrivateSatisfactionsandPublicDisorders_FightClubPatriarchyandMasculineViolence.pdf Giroux, Henry A.. "Private Satisfactions and Public Disorders: ''Fight Club'', Patriarchy, and the Politics of Masculine Violence." ''jac'' 21.1 (2001): 1-31. 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]
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/BM7_SoSe2013_Assignment3_Film.pdf ASSIGNMENT III, due: Monday, June 24, 2013]
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     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Film_Assignment_Fight_Club.pdf ASSIGNMENT III]
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    [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Film_Assignment_Fight_Club_SampleSolution.pdf ASSIGNMENT III: Sample solution]
  
==Session Twelve, June 27/28: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs==
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==Session Twelve, July 09/10: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs==
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects  
 
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects  
  
       [[http://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/index.php/BM7_-_Introduction_to_Literary_and_Cultural_Studies_-_Research_Paper_Outline BM7 - Introduction to Litertary and Cultural Studies - Research Paper Outline (due on Aug 15)]]
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       [[http://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/index.php/BM7_-_Introduction_to_Literary_and_Cultural_Studies_-_Research_Paper_Outline BM7 - Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies - Research Paper Outline (due on Aug 15)]]
  
 
'''Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:'''
 
'''Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:'''
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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 ==
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==Session Thirteen, July 16/17: 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''.
 
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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[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 8 July 2015

    PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED. 

Please note: The ang070 module consists of

  • a seminar ("S/Ü: Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the previous winter term),
  • a tutorial ("TUT: Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", 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".


Lecture: VL Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts

Courses: S/Ü Key Concepts in Cultural Studies

Both the lecture and the courses are part of the Basismodul ang070 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. Mandatory texts and other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below). In addition you will need to purchase the following works:

   Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Eds. Nellie Y. McKay and Frances Smith Foster. New York and London: Norton, 2001. Print.
   Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Print.
   Fight Club. 1999. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. 20th Century Fox, 2013. DVD.

Course Work: You will be asked to complete a Written Test (Date: Saturday, July 18, 2015, 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 16/17: Working With Key Concepts in Cultural Studies I

Welcome

Preliminaries and General Course Information.

Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

Session Two, April 23/24: Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies II

Analytical Tools: Culture, Discourse, Media, Identity

Further Reading

Session Three, April 30/May 08: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative I

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


Analytical Tools

Session Four, May 07/May 15: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative II

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

  • 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.

Analytical Tools

Session Five, May 21/22: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III

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

  • 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.

Analytical Tools

    ASSIGNMENT I due May, 28./29.
    Assignment I: Sample solution

Session Six, May 28/29: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I

Primary Material

  • Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.

Secondary Material

  • Spiegelman, Art. "Introduction." In the Shadow of No Towers. New York: Pantheon, 2004.

Context Material

Analytical Tools

Session Seven, June 04/05: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II

Primary Material

  • Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

Session Eight, June 11/12: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III

Primary Material

  • Spiegelman, Art. In the Shadow of No Towers. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Print.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    ASSIGNMENT II due 18./19.06.2015
    ASSIGNMENT II: Sample solution 

Session Nine, June 18/19: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I

Primary Material

  • Fight Club. Dir. David Fincher. 1999. 20th Century Fox, 2011. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

Session Ten, June 25/26: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II

Primary Material

  • Fight Club. Dir. David Fincher. 1999. 20th Century Fox, 2011. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

Session Eleven, July 02/03: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III

Primary Material

  • Fight Club. Dir. David Fincher. 1999. 20th Century Fox, 2011. DVD.

Secondary Material

Analytical Tools

    ASSIGNMENT III
    ASSIGNMENT III: Sample solution

Session Twelve, July 09/10: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs

Skills and Activities

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

     [BM7 - Introduction to Literary 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: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, In the Shadow of No Towers, Breakfast on Pluto

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

Session Thirteen, July 16/17: 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 18, 2015, 10:00-12:00, A14 Hörsaal 1 und 2