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Introduction to cultural studies

The goal of this course is to introduce to the key issues of cultural studies. Departing from the question "what is literature?", “What is culture?”, concepts to narratives, individual and collective identity, gender and queer, postcolonialism, recollection and memory, popular culture will be presented and discussed by means of examples.

Lecture & independent readings & discussion. 2/3 of the course takes place as a presence event, while 1/3 are asynchronous units as audio podcasts with questions to be discussed.

The exam takes place in the last week of the semester, the second date at the beginning of the semester break, the third at the beginning of the following semester.

• Aleida Assmann: Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft. Grundbegriffe, Themen, Fragestellungen. Berlin 2006.
• Ansgar Nünning/Vera Nünning (Hrsg.): Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft. Stuttgart: Metzler 2008.
• Vera Nünning/Ansgar Nünning (Hrsg.): Methoden der literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Textanalyse. Stuttgart: Metzler 2010.
• Rolf Lindner: Die Stunde der Cultural Studies. Wien 2000.

This lecture is offered by the Department of Romance Studies and is aimed primarily at students of Romance Studies, but also of other literatures and cultures.