Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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). 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).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course objective is to lay the groundwork for research on mass culture, 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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
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Recommended or required readings
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).
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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;
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Following of the course with lectures by podcast and powerpoint.
Assessment subjects
The matters of the examination are those who have been taught in praesentia or by illustrated podcasts.
Assessment methods
Written examination under the conditions of oral examination.
Contacts
pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be
caroline.duchesne@ulg.ac.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Lectures and eTeaching via podcast will be equally taken under consideration.
Assessment methods
Written examination in the conditions of oral examination.
Contacts
pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be
caroline.duchesne@ulg.ac.be