Universität Wien

124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (2016W)

Classic Western Movies. Part 2.

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 06.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 13.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 20.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 27.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 03.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 10.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 17.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 24.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 01.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 15.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 12.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 19.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 26.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Aims: The aim of the course is to familiarize students with some famous Western movies and with how this genre has, over time, developed its own imaginary, film language, ethos (good, bad, ugly?), and configuration of (often stereotyped) characters (the cowboy, the gunman, the rustler, the sheriff, the prostitute ...).

Content: In this seminar we will watch and discuss a "fistful" of "classic" (= trendsetting, paradigmatic, but also revisionist) Western movies (some in full, some only in brief extracts):
- Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
- The Virginian (Stuart Gilmore, 1946)
- Shane (George Stevens, 1953)
- The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
- Hang 'em High (Ted Post, 1968)
- Butch Cassidy und the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
- The Missouri Breaks (Arthur Penn, 1976)
- True Grit (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2010)

While we will discuss the filmic language(s) of these works, the main focus of the seminar will be on typical Cultural Studies questions, such as:
- how are the political and social realities of the (post-Civil War) Western territories depicted?
- how are "non-white" ethnic populations (esp. Native Americans and Mexicans) portrayed?
- how is masculinity (all that gunslinging!) constructed?
- how are the female characters presented?

Methods: Multidisciplinary discussion of movies (and, in some cases, the literary texts they are based on) and presentations of students' papers in class.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance, participation in class discussions, oral presentation of an 'academic' essay (on one of the movies) of 6,000 - 7,000 words, a 4 min. oral presentation of a specific Western topic, such as Native American 'tribes', history of places and territories, development of firearms, etc., and a final written test.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

all the material covered in class

Literatur

t.b.a.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322; BA 09.2; MA6, MA7
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33