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Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Emig
Event type:
online: Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.133
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
Students should have a good command of English.
Compulsory attendance:
This lecture is offered in a virtual format for self-study. There is no formal attendance requirement.
Contents:
The lecture will introduce students to the range of theories that make up Cultural Studies. These will include basic theories of culture, representation, and power, dominant paradigms in Cultural Studies such as gender and sexuality, race, and class, and also more recent developments such as ecocriticism and theories of virtuality. Each lecture will revolve around a central text that it will summarise and explain. Each lecture will also contain an example (textual, visual, or audiovisual) that it will use for an application of the theory.
Recommended reading list:
Simon During (2005): Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction. London and New York: Routledge. Ebook.
Digital teaching:
This is a virtual lecture consisting of Powerpoing slides with audio commentaries for self-study that are accessible on LMS. There, students also find the timetable and a virtual forum for questions and comments. The final short exam, for those who are required to do it, will have the form of a take-home exam sent to students on the day of the final lecture. Answers have to be returned in a specified time period.
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