Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Issues in Cultural Theory : Mass cultures, in-depth Approach | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Pascal Durand | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| 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). In the year 2015-2016, we will undertake a close reading of two series of objects : literary serials from 19th to 20th centuries (Dumas, Verne, Allain et Souvestre) and several theories of mass-mediatic visibility or celebrity (from Thorstein Veblen to Nathalie Heinich). | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course objective is to lay the groundwork for research on mass culture from Adorno to Passeron, as well from Veblen to Heinich, 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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students must have followed the course on Analysis of Cultural Institutions (P. Durand/2nd Bachelor) | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Required reading of A. Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (Gallimard, coll. « Folio ») ; Jules Verne, Michel Strogoff (Presses Pocket) et Allain & Souvestre, Fantômas (Livre de poche).
Some other scientific papers will be also commented during the lectures. Lecture complémentaire conseillée : Nathalie Heinich, De la visibilité (Paris, Gallimard, 2012). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| 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;
Assistante Caroline Duchesne Place du 20-Août, 7, 2e étage Tél. 04 366 44 13 Caroline.Duchesne@ulg.ac.be (Tanguy.Habrand@ulg.ac.be )Secrétariat Tél. 04 366 32 86 |
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