124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (2024W)
Apocalypse Narratives: Fantasies of Extinction Across Media
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").
- Anmeldung von Mo 09.09.2024 12:00 bis Mo 23.09.2024 12:00
- Abmeldung bis Do 31.10.2024 23:59
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max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
The final session on Friday 31.01.2025 will take the form of an online Moodle Quiz (no in-class session on this date).
- Freitag 11.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- N Freitag 18.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 25.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 08.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 15.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 22.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 29.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 06.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 13.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 10.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 17.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 24.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Freitag 31.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Pandemics, wars, ecological crises, economic collapse – the 21st century appears to be uniquely marked by a sense of impending apocalypse. And yet, as we will see in this Cultural and Media Studies Seminar, images and narratives of the ‘end of days’ have long been a cultural topic and theme, used historically towards a wide range of ideological, affective, and political ends. Through in-class presentations and discussions, we will learn how to read these currents in media and genres as they relate to the intersecting categories of race, gender, sexuality, and class as represented in film, television, music, literature, the visual arts and lived cultures. By focusing on cultural and media representations of the ‘end of the world’ in diverse contexts, genres, and representational modes, together we will consider how the limits and meanings of human history and the nonhuman world are constantly being redrawn and remade in ways that mirror, and can help us to better understand, the apocalyptic rhetoric of our own time.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Throughout the semester, besides contributing to in-class and Moodle forum discussions, each student will be working on a research project of their own design. Each of the semester tasks is part of the same research project, and develops it from idea to completion in a final term paper
1. Register a research topic
2. Develop a research question
3. Present your work-in-progress in a 10 minute (maximum!) presentation in class
4. Receive feedback on your presentation in in-class discussion (10 minutes) and in the discussion forums [and give feedback on your colleagues’ projects by discussing them in the forums]
5. Write a 300-word abstract on your topic, and receive feedback from the lecturer
6. Develop your research, presentation, abstract and feedback into a final term paper (MA students: 6,500-7,000 words; BA students 8,000-10,000 words)
1. Register a research topic
2. Develop a research question
3. Present your work-in-progress in a 10 minute (maximum!) presentation in class
4. Receive feedback on your presentation in in-class discussion (10 minutes) and in the discussion forums [and give feedback on your colleagues’ projects by discussing them in the forums]
5. Write a 300-word abstract on your topic, and receive feedback from the lecturer
6. Develop your research, presentation, abstract and feedback into a final term paper (MA students: 6,500-7,000 words; BA students 8,000-10,000 words)
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
50% Final Essay (MA students: 6,500-7,000 words; BA students 8,000-10,000 words)
20% In-Class Topic Presentation
10% In-Class Participation and regular contribution to Moodle Forum Discussions
10% Abstract (300 words)
10% Final Moodle QuizBA students receive 11 ECTS, MA students receive 10 ECTS.BA students will be assisted in developing relevant research questions for BA theses that use basic methodology and theoretical background. MA students are expected to rely on their more advanced knowledge of texts, theories and methodologies to develop a more independent and more critical research project, also as a way of further developing skills and competences for their MA thesis projects.
20% In-Class Topic Presentation
10% In-Class Participation and regular contribution to Moodle Forum Discussions
10% Abstract (300 words)
10% Final Moodle QuizBA students receive 11 ECTS, MA students receive 10 ECTS.BA students will be assisted in developing relevant research questions for BA theses that use basic methodology and theoretical background. MA students are expected to rely on their more advanced knowledge of texts, theories and methodologies to develop a more independent and more critical research project, also as a way of further developing skills and competences for their MA thesis projects.
Prüfungsstoff
The material provided in the required secondary reading, lectures and PowerPoint slides. All study-material (PowerPoints and texts) will be provided on the Moodle e-learning platform.
Literatur
"The Sense of an Ending" by Frank Kermode
"Powers of Horror" by Julia Kristeva
“The Apocalypse of a Wired Brain” By Slavoj Žižek
“No Apocalypse, Not Now” by Jacques Derrida
"Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture" by James Craig Holte (ed.)
"Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience" by Richard Landes
"Powers of Horror" by Julia Kristeva
“The Apocalypse of a Wired Brain” By Slavoj Žižek
“No Apocalypse, Not Now” by Jacques Derrida
"Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture" by James Craig Holte (ed.)
"Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience" by Richard Landes
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Studium: BA 612, MA 844(2);
Code/Modul: BA 09.2; MA 844(2) 4.1, 4.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405
Code/Modul: BA 09.2; MA 844(2) 4.1, 4.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405
Letzte Änderung: Fr 27.09.2024 18:05