| Competències |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Recerca | ||
| AR1 | Analitzar textos de contingut específic relacionats amb els Estudis Culturals | |
| AR4 | Analitzar diverses manifestacions artístiques dels països de parla anglesa diferenciant entre els conceptes d’anàlisi i opinió | |
| AR6 | Contrastar les interaccions entre diferents disciplines i els Estudis Culturals | |
| AR8 | Aplicar diferents models teòrics a l’anàlisi textual i contextual | |
| AR9 | Valorar les sinèrgies que genera la multiculturalitat a les societats de parla anglesa | |
| AR10 | Elaborar un discurs propi sobre la cultura als països de parla anglesa basat en el coneixement científic, el respecte a la diversitat política, cultural i personal, i la igualtat | |
| AR11 | Presentar de manera raonada i convincent les conclusions derivades de la investigació relacionada amb els Estudis Culturals | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Recerca | ||
| BR4 | Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa | |
| BR5 | Treballar en equip de forma col•laborativa i responsabilitat compartida en clau de lideratge | |
| BR6 | Comunicar informació, idees, problemes i solucions de manera clara i efectiva en públic o àmbit tècnic concret | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Comú | ||
| Recerca | ||
| Objectius d'aprenentatge |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| The objectives of this course are: To understand that critical theory will help us to recognise and analyse the power structures at work in the construction of gender, identity, nationalism and processes of symbolic interpretation. To understand that language is central to the construction and deconstruction of meaning. To understand that bodies and the spaces they inhabit are not "given" but are socially constructed. To understand the dialectic in which bodies and spaces enter and how issues like materiality and fluidity are gendered and politicized. | AR1 AR4 AR6 AR8 AR9 AR10 AR11 |
BR4 BR5 BR6 |
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| Continguts |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| The Politics of "Culture". | Culture and political consciousness. High Culture / Popular Culture. |
| Precursors of Postmodernism | Marx, Nietzsche & Freud. |
| Language & Ideology. |
Althusser and the State Apparatuses. Foucault, Truth and the discourses of Power. |
| Derrida & Deconstruction | Logos & Phallocentricism |
| Identity Politics | Manifestoes for and against: gender, race & nationalisms. Sex, subjectivity and representation. On bodies and bodily acts. |
| Film Theories | Spectacle & Spectator. Psychoanalysis and film theory. Ways of Seeing: J. Berger & Laura Mulvey. Love, Violence, Horror on the screen. |
| Posthumanisms & Postfeminisms | Sex, power & politics in the virtual world. |
| Planificació |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Activitats Introductòries |
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10 | 20 | 30 | |||||
| Sessió Magistral |
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10 | 20 | 30 | |||||
| Seminaris |
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10 | 20 | 30 | |||||
| Presentacions / exposicions |
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11 | 22 | 33 | |||||
| Atenció personalitzada |
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2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Proves objectives de tipus test |
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3 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| Proves de desenvolupament |
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4 | 8 | 12 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Metodologies |
| Description | |
| Activitats Introductòries | The introduction to this course will be based on feedback from the students to determine how widely you have read in the area of cultural theories. There will also be an introduction to the texts in the dossier, the grading system, and seminar presentations. This will be followed by readings from texts |
| Sessió Magistral | Each of the main topics will be introduced in lecture form. You will then be asked to read and prepare the required reading texts in the dossier. |
| Seminaris | Seminar sessions will be based on readings and class debates. The material to be discussed might be written or visual. |
| Presentacions / exposicions | Each student will be asked to prepare a seminar during the course. You may choose your own topic, so long as it is consistent with the theories we cover. You will be encouraged to be adventurous in your teaching of the seminar by introducing new material, motivating your classmates to ask questions and engage in discussion. |
| Atenció personalitzada |
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| Avaluació |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Presentacions / exposicions | You will be asked to prepare a class presentation in power-point on a subject of your choice related to the course. You should discuss your subject with me first in a tutorial session then prepare a summary of your presentation for your classmates. This summary will be added to Moodle. Remember that you will have to initiate the discussion and motivate the others to join in. You will also have to "teach" them new material so make your seminar as interesting as possible. | 60% | |
| Proves objectives de tipus test |
There will be three tests during the course to determine how closely you have read and understood the material in your dossier. |
30% | |
| Proves de desenvolupament |
You will be required to write 2 summaries of articles from the dossier. Guidelines will be given on how to do this. In the tutorials the following points will be graded: * your understanding of the article * your ability to raise issues relating to other texts * your ability to use critical analysis |
10% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
Chris Barker, Cultural Studies. Theory & Practice, 3rd edition., Sage, 2008. |
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A dossier with articles will be made available at the beginning of September. Students can obtain the dossier in the photocopying room, under the title "CRITICAL AND CULTURAL THEORIES: FILMS AND TEXTS". The dossier will contain the course syllabus, grading system and bibliography for the course. Over and above the dossier, we shall be working with Moodle. I shall upload the class power-point presentations on Moodle so you should check it periodically. |
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| Complementària |
John Storey , Cultural Theory & Popular Culture , 5th edition , Pearson Longman, 2009.
Anthony Easthope (ed), Contemporary Film Studies, 5th edition, Longman, 1999. |
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| Recomanacions |
| Other comments | |
| Class attendance is essential. You should do your best to read the texts in the dossier before classes begin. |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.