230480 Banknotes, Bailouts, Bankruptcies – Money, Capital and Financial Crashes in the Socio-Cultural Imaginary (BS) (SoSe 2019)

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In this block seminar, we are going to investigate a large body of cultural products that represent and narrate stories of money, capitalism, and financial crashes. We are going to deal with dramatic texts, novels, and (documentary) filmic material.

Bibliography

The following texts/movies students will have to have read/watched before the start of the block seminar (please bring the texts to class!)

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. M.M. Mahood. Cambridge, 2018.
Available here: https://www.amazon.de/Merchant-Venice-New-Cambridge-Shakespeare/dp/1316506649/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541592007&sr=8-3&keywords=Merchant+of+Venice+Cambridge

Harris, Robert. The Fear Index. Arrow, 2012.
Available here: https://www.amazon.de/Fear-Index-thrilling-Richard-Judy/dp/0099553260/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1541592106&sr=1-1&keywords=Fear+Index

Movies:
Margin Call. Dir. J.C. Chandor. Lionsgate, 2011.
Wall Street. Dir. Oliver Stone. 20th Century Fox, 1987.

All other material will be provided in the Lernraum.

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block Block 10-18 (s.t.) T2-214 30.07.-02.08.2019

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Module Course Requirements  
23-ANG-M-HM2 Hauptmodul 2: British Literature and the Processes of Culture HM 2.1 British Literature in Context Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-HM4 Hauptmodul 4: Media and the Processes of Culture HM 4.2 Mediating Cultures Study requirement
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Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
block seminar (BS) / 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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