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230017 Kitsch: Academic Perspectives on Taste and the Production of Cultural Artefacts (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)
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What is Kitsch? What is good or bad taste? Does Kitsch transport and/or negotiate ideologies? Is there a "Politics of Kitsch"?
In this seminar, we will investigate potential answers to these and more questions. We will engage with critical cultural theories and philosophies on taste in general and Kitsch in particular, and look at a wide variety of different examples.
Requirements for participation, required level
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Students in the FsB 2017 should have completed BM1 and BM2 before attending this class.
Students in the FsB 2022 need to have passed the Language Proficiency Test before attending this class.
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Texts, if not otherwise indicated, will be made available on Moodle.
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Dates ( Calendar view )
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Do | 10-12 | 13.10.2025-06.02.2026 |
Subject assignments
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 23-ANG-AngVM5 Vertiefungsmodul 5: Theories & Ideologies | VM 5.3 Cultural Theory | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-ANG-AngVM6 Vertiefungsmodul 6: Media, Arts & Communication | VM 6.1 Theoretical and Historical Contexts | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-Profil4 Profilmodul 4: Advanced British and American Studies | Profil4.2 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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| Profil4.3 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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| 23-ANG-Profil4_G Profilmodul 4_G: Advanced British and American Studies | Profil4.2_G British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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| Profil4.3_G British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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| 23-ANG-Profil6 Profilmodul 6: Media, Communication and Creative Practices | Profil6.1 Media and Communication | Study requirement
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- Monday, May 26, 2025
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- Friday, May 16, 2025
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- Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
- seminar (S) / 2
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- This lecture is taught in english
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- Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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