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Session One, April 15/16/17: Working With Key Concepts in Cultural Studies I

Welcome

Preliminaries and General Course Information.

• Introduction to the ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals
• Introduction to the ang070 Course Outline "Key Concepts"

Analytical Tools: Culture and Representation, Discourse, Media, Identity

• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture and Representation
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media

Further Reading

• Ang, Ien. "Cultural Studies." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 227-48. Print.
• Chouliaraki, Lilie. "Discourse Analysis." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 674-96. Print.
• Clarke, Simon. "Culture and Identity." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 510-29. Print.
• Hall, Stuart. "The Work of Representation." Representation. Eds. Stuart Hall, Jessica Evans, and Sean Nixon. Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 2013. 1-15. Print.
• Kaplan, Carla. "Identity." Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 123-7. Print.
• Yúdice, George. "Culture." Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 71-6. Print.

• You may also watch Stuart Hall explain his notions of representation on youtube

Session Two, April 22/23/24: Working with Key Concepts in Cultural Studies II

Analytical Tools: Culture and Representation, Discourse, Media, Identity

• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture and Representation
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity
• Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media

Further Reading

• Ang, Ien. "Cultural Studies." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 227-48. Print.
• Chouliaraki, Lilie. "Discourse Analysis." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 674-96. Print.
• Clarke, Simon. "Culture and Identity." The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE, 2008. 510-29. Print.
• Hall, Stuart. "The Work of Representation." Representation. Eds. Stuart Hall, Jessica Evans, and Sean Nixon. Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 2013. 1-15. Print.
• Kaplan, Carla. "Identity." Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 123-7. Print.
• Yúdice, George. "Culture." Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Eds. Bruce Burgett and Glenn Hendler. New York: NY: New York UP, 2007. 71-6. Print.
• You may also watch Stuart Hall explain his notions of representation on youtube

Session Three, April 29/30/, May 08: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative I (Introduction: Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

• Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself. 1845. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 2016. 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

• Handout: Narratology

May 01: No Class

Session Four, May 06/07/15: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative II (Focal Point: Identity and Genre)

Primary Material

• Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself. 1845. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 2016. Print.

Secondary Material

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

Analytical Tools

• Handout: Narratology

Session Five, May 13/14/22: Analyzing Print Media: Slave Narrative III (Focal Point: Discourse)

Primary Material

• Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself. 1845. Eds. William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. New York: Norton, 2016. Print.

Secondary Material

• Douglass, Frederick. "Reception Speech. At Finsbury Chapel, Moorfields, England, May 22, 1846." My Bondage and My Freedom. 1855. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1856. n.pag. Web.

Analytical Tools

• Handout: Narratology

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" published

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction": Sample solution

May 20: Recap Session

May 21: No Class

Session Six, May 27/28/29: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel I (Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

• Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

Secundary Material

• Warhol, Robyn. "The Space Between: A Narrative Approach to Alison Bechdel's Fun Home." College Literature 38.3 (2011): 1-20. Print."

Analytical Tools

• Handout Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Non-Fiction" due]

Session Seven, June 03/04/05: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel II (Graphic Narrative & Identity Formation)

Primary Material

• Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

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

• Handout Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels

Session Eight, June 10/11/12: Analyzing Visual Media: Graphic Novel III (Graphic Narrative & Identity Formation cont'd.)

Primary Material

• Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Print.

Secondary Material

• TBA

Analytical Tools

• Handout Conceptual Tools for the Analysis of Comics and Graphic Novels

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" published

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel": sample solution

Session Nine, June 17/18/19: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film I (Medium, Genre, Context)

Primary Material

• Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

• Bischoff, Mark, and Ulrike Ordon, eds. The Syntax of Film: A Glossary 3rd ed. Seesen, 2012.

Analytical Tools

• Handout Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Graphic Novel" due]

Session Ten, June 24/25/26: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film II (Film & Ideology)

Primary Material

• Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

• TBA

Analytical Tools

• Handout Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film

Session Eleven, July 01/02/03: Analyzing Audiovisual Media: Film III

Primary Material

• Apocalypse Now. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper. 1979. Arthaus, 2019. DVD.

Secondary Material

• TBA

Analytical Tools

• Handout Conceptual tools for the Analysis of Film

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" published

    WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film": sample solution

Session Twelve, July 08/09/10: Recap Session

Skills and Activities

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

• Handout RPOplus
• Sample RPOplus

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "Film" due]

Session Thirteen, July 15/16/17: Presentation and Discussion of RPOs

Skills and Activities

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

• Handout RPOplus
• Sample RPOplus

    [WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT "RPOplus" due August 15]

Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:

1. Your RPOplus topic needs to be related to at least one of the key concepts: identity, media, discourse, culture and representation
2. As the material basis for your analysis you will need to pick material from the 'Übungen' (Incidents, Maus, Crying Game).

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