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Syllabus 2015-16 - 76313009 - Literary Theory and Cultural Studies (Literary theory and cultural studies)
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- Level 1: Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in this language
- Level 2: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams and seminars in this language
- Level 3: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams, seminars and regular lectures in this language
| DEGREE: | Máster Univ. en Online en English Studies (OMIES) / Estudios ingleses |
| FACULTY: | Centro de Estudios de Postgrado |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: | 2015-16 |
| COURSE: | Literary Theory and Cultural Studies |
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
| NAME: Literary Theory and Cultural Studies | |||||
| CODE: 76313009 | ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16 | ||||
| LANGUAGE: English | LEVEL: 3 | ||||
| ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 | YEAR: 1 | SEMESTER: PC | |||
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
| NAME: LÓPEZ-PELAEZ CASELLAS, JESÚS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: U115 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA | ||
| FIELD OF STUDY: 345 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA | ||
| OFFICE NO.: D2 - 245 | E-MAIL: jlopez@ujaen.es | P: 953212136 |
| WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/filing/3407 | ||
| ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-7253 | ||
| LANGUAGE: English | LEVEL: 3 | |
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION
- An approach to the major theoretical and critical schools for
the study of literatures in English:
a. Critical Discourse Theory.
b. Structuralism and Poststructuralism
c. Cultural Materialism
d. Post-Colonial Criticism. - Introduction to the study of popular culture: fiction,
cinema, the popular song.
a. Culture and (c)ulture(s)
b. Popular literature.
c. Popular culture(s)
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY
All acftivities and the methodologies involved will be adapted to online teaching.
- Study of class materials plus problem solving: 45 hours.
- Participation in weekly discusions on clas subjetcs: 15 hours
- Assignments: 15 hours.
Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support
5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
In order to be positively assessed online participation in class discusions must be original, varied, meaningful and based on the scientific concepts examined in class materials.
Assignments have to be original, solidly based on the academic concepts studied and show at least a B2 level of English. Plagiarism will be severely penalized.
6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
- Literary theory: an anthology. Edition: 1st published, repr. Author: -. Publisher: Malden: Blackwell, 1999 (Library)
- Key Concepts in Literary Theory. Edition: -. Author: Wolfreys, Julian. Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (Library)
- Re-imaging Cultural Studies: The Promise of Cultural Materialism. Edition: -. Author: Milner, Andrew. Publisher: SAGE (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
- Renaissance self-fashioning: from more to Shakespeare . Edition: -. Author: Greenblatt, Stephen. Publisher: Chicago ; London: The University of Chicago Press, 1980 (Library)
- Postwar British Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Edition: -. Author: MacPhee, Graham. Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Press (Library)
- Victorian Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Edition: -. Author: Brantlinger, Patrick. Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (Library)
- Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Edition: -. Author: Kaul, Suvir. Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (Library)
- Britpop and the English Music Tradition. Edition: -. Author: Bennett, Andy . Publisher: Ashgate (Library)
- Popular Culture: the Metropolitan Experience . Edition: -. Author: Chambers, Lain. Publisher: London ; New York: Routledge, 1993 (Library)
- Reading Television. Edition: -. Author: Fiske, John. Publisher: Routledge (Library)
- Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction. Edition: -. Author: Rubin, Rachel & Jeffrey Melnick. Publisher: New York University Press (Library)