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| COMU0003-1 | Issues in Cultural Theory : Mass cultures, in-depth Approach
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Bachelor in information and communication, 3rd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Performing Arts | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English Searching Focus , 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, Professional focus in Museology , 1st year | | Toute l'année | | 5 |
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| Master in History of Art and Archeology, general orientation, Professional focus in Museology , 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Pascal Durand |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Less a precise definition and more a socio-anthropological concept relating to cultural practices, "mass culture" covers a considerable number of forms, media, institutions and challenges. This course consists not only of theoretically conveying the reasons for this apparently confused proliferation (with the help of cultural sociology, semiology and critical theory of the mass media), but also to apply an in-depth analysis of phenomena such as television series and biographies/obituaries in the popular press. In the year 2009-2010, we will undertake a detailed analysis of the Count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and various obituaries, including that of Michael Jackson. The course will be widely illustrated with Powerpoint presentations. |
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| Course objective : | The course objective is to lay the groundwork for research on mass culture from Adorno to Passeron, using a two-pronged critical approach to the field, one relating to the products of mass-culture themselves, the other relating to theory, in the most diverse sense, which we will try to take into account. The theoretical presentations will be complemented by an analysis of cultural products relating to the field in question. |
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| Prerequisites : | Students must have followed the course on Analysis of Cultural Institutions (P. Durand/2nd Bachelor) |
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| Organization : | See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | The reading portfolio includes a collection of theoretical work.
The two volumes of the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Gallimard, coll. "Folio") are compulsory reading during the first term. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination. |
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| Contacts : | Course head, Pascal Durand, lecturer, Department of the art and science of communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be;
Assistant Tanguy Habrand, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, tel. 04 366 5717- Fax. 04 366 51 84
Tanguy.Habrand@ulg.ac.be
Secretariat
Tel. 04 366 32 86 |
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