LMKB_a445 Introduction to cultural studies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Karolína Kučerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
ability to read, write, and follow videos in English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course was created with the support of the EDUC project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. This online course introduces students to the basic terms, analytical techniques and intepretive strategies commonly employed in literary and cultural studies. The materials, divided into self-contained units, are made available online on the EDUC moodle platform. Students go through the materials, both textual and visual, on their own and do assignments.
Learning outcomes
Upon completing the course, students will be able to:
- describe and analyse the relationship between culture and power with the help of concepts such as ideology, interpellation, subjectivity, power/knowledge and discourse
- understand cultural studies as the study of the effects of social power relations, particularly as inflected by gender, race and class, on culture, subjectivity and identity
- analyse major cultural traditions and developments in key Anglophone countries in the light of this understanding
- make these insights productive and correctly use key terms and concepts in order to write short analyses of cultural texts
Syllabus
  • This course is fully online, students follow the instructions for individual weeks on their own, processing textual and visual materials and doing assignments as indicated in instructions. There are no real-time classes online or offline.
  • Unit 1: What is Culture?
  • Unit 2: Representation
  • Unit 3: Introducing Gender
  • Unit 4: Gender and Intersectionality
  • Unit 5: Race
  • Unit 6: Nation
  • Unit 7: Colonialism and Orientalism
  • Unit 8: Discourse and power/knowledge
  • Unit 9: Postcolonial analysis
  • Unit 10: Class
  • Unit 11: Ideology and Subjectivity
Literature
    required literature
  • STOREY, John. Cultural theory and popular culture : an introduction. Seventh edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015, xiv, 289. ISBN 9781138811034. info
    recommended literature
  • ECKERT, Penelope and Sally MCCONNELL-GINET. Language and gender. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xiii, 320. ISBN 9781107029057. info
  • MCLEOD, John. Beginning Postcolonialism. First published 2000. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2010, 333 pp. Second edition. ISBN 978-0-7190-7858-3. info
  • WETHERELL, Margaret, Simeon YATES and Stephanie TAYLOR. Discourse theory and practice : a reader. London: SAGE, 2001, ix, 406. ISBN 0761971564. URL info
Teaching methods
e-learning only: textual and visual materials, written assignments, discussions in forums
Assessment methods
tests, participation in forum discussions, final written assignment
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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