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124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (2018W)

The Cultural Studies Generation. Britain in the 1960s

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 16.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 23.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 30.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 06.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 13.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 20.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 27.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 04.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 11.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 08.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 15.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 22.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 29.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will focus on Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s and explore the early stages of the British Tradition of Cultural Studies within a larger context. We will look at literary classics of the period, such as Allan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) or Colin MacInnes’ Absolute Beginners (1959), but will also try to examine the values and beliefs of the Mods and Teds, and other Rebels Without A Cause. We will learn what Free Cinema and Vital Theatre stand for, watch the beginnings of Coronation Street and read key texts by the founding fathers of British Cultural Studies, such as passages from the writings of Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and the young Stuart Hall. Against all those manly men women took issue, which will lead us to the Women’s Studies Group at the Birmingham CSCC and their work on the marginalization of women in the early stages of British Cultural Studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance; active participation in class discussions of set readings; being prepared; on-line assignments; panel presentation; seminar research paper; mid-term essay.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

active participation in class plus class work (reading assignments, on-line assignments, etc.) = 30%; mid-term essay = 20%; presentation plus research paper = 50%. All three components need to be passed in order to pass the whole class.

Examination topics

mid-term essay: set readings.

Reading list

TBA

Association in the course directory

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

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