610012 PS Critical Area Studies: American Cultures: American Mountain / Film / Culture
winter semester 2019/2020 | Last update: 19.09.2019 | Place course on memo listAfter attending this course, participants will be able to define, historicize, and contextualize key concepts of mountain / film / studies as pertaining to American mountain film and culture.
From Mount Rushmore to Yosemite Valley, mountains have figured prominently in the cultural construction of the American nation. Mountains have also been a popular playground for U.S. alpinists and filmmakers.
This course offers an introduction into the emerging field of mountain / film / studies within the context of American culture. It studies dominant discourses, prevailing aesthetic frameworks, and narrative techniques in the current visions of mountains. Analysing documentaries, docudramas, drama, survival and adventure films as well as magazines and promotional documents, this course approaches mountain film across genres and across various forms and formats of cultural representations.
Students enrolled in this course are required do attend the 46th AAAS Conference 'Mediating Mountains' being held in Innsbruck from November 22 to 24.
They are also expected to bring an object which they associate with mountains to the first session on October 7. This object can be anything from a postcard to a piton. The important thing is that participants are able to explain their connection to mountains through their objects.
Lecture inputs, weekly viewings/readings, student presentations, group discussions.
Active class participation, student presentations, writing assignments and/or term paper.
As far as possible, course materials and selected primary and secondary sources will be posted on OLAT.
for the Bachelor Program (612): positive completion of compulsory module 14
for Bachelor Program Lehramt (457): positive completion of compulsory module 16
for the Teacher Training Program (Lehramtsstudium: 344): VO2: Introduction to American Literary Studies
For the Teacher Training Program (Lehramtsstudium: 344): PS2: American Culture.
Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training program - BA/MA English and American Studies), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.
- Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture
- Faculty of Teacher Education
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Mon 2019-10-07
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-10-14
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-10-21
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-10-28
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-11-04
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-11-11
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-11-18
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-11-25
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-11-25
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10.15 - 11.45 | Hörsaal 5¾ Hörsaal 5¾ |
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Mon 2019-12-02
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2019-12-09
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2020-01-13
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2020-01-13
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10.15 - 11.45 | Hörsaal 3 Hörsaal 3 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2020-01-20
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2020-01-27
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10.15 - 11.45 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |