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| Semester | spring semester 2009 |
| Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
| Lecturers |
Peter Robert Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Andrea Ochsner (andrea.ochsner@unibas.ch) |
| Content | In this course, we will focus on various aspects of British culture in the 1970s with a strong emphasis on gender. These aspects include Film/TV, literature, music and material culture (advertisements, fashion and design). Our aim to characterize the structure of feeling of the particularly unruly decade of the 1970s is grounded in a traditional British cultural studies-approach with a twist of contemporary continental theory. One of our primary concerns is to consider which cultural artefacts and cultural behaviours raised new challenges to the ways in which social issues were articulated through gender and cultural discourses. We expect our students to have some knowledge of the field (basic tools of cultural and gender studies) and an interest in exploring a wide range of material in depth. We also expect active engagement with, and critical assessment, of the subject matter. |
| Learning objectives | To familiarise students with the cultural topography of the 1970s in Britain; to improve the skills to study/analyse material relating to different genres and formats and to make students aware of how gender identity is discursively articulated and negotiated in cultural texts. |
| Bibliography | - The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis - The Changing Room by David Storey |
| Comments | Number of participants is limited to 25. |
| Admission requirements | Students must have read the The Rachel Papers and The Changing Room before the course starts. Regular attendance; chairing of a meeting, in-class presentations |
| Course application | Please register with andrea.ochsner@unibas.ch prior to the course first meeting. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on English for SLA teachers (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Focusing on English for SLA teachers (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Geschlechterforschung) Vertiefungsmodul (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |