230644 (Hollywood) Action Movies: Dissecting a Genre (1980-2020) (S) (WiSe 2026/2027)
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"Welcome to the party, pal." - Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
In this seminar, we will take a look at one of the most popular movie genres of the 20th and 21st century: Action movies.
We will analyse a corpus of selected movies that are considered seminal for the development of the genre and will discuss tropes and their ideological implications for discourses surrounding race, gender, age, etc.
Additionally, we will engage with and discuss relevant secondary literature dealing with different critical approaches to the genre.This seminar will deal with topics like physical and psychological violence and contains the analysis of graphic (fictional) material. Viewer discretion is advised.
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A list of movies will be made available during the first session of the seminar.
Secondary literature will be made available on Moodle.
Teaching staff
Dates ( Calendar view )
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Mi | 8:30-10 (s.t.) | 12.10.2026-05.02.2027 |
Subject assignments
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| 23-ANG-M-AngHM3_IAS Media and the Processes of Culture / Los medios y los procesos de la cultura Media and the Processes of Culture / Los medios y los procesos de la cultura | "Cultural Communication" oder "Mediating Cultures" | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-M-HM4 Main Module 4: Media and the Processes of Culture Hauptmodul 4: Media and the Processes of Culture | HM 4.1 Cultural Communication | Study requirement
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| HM 4.2 Mediating Cultures | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-MeWi-HM1 Media, Language and Culture Medien, Sprache und Kultur | Lehrveranstaltung I | Graded examination
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| Lehrveranstaltung II | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung III | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung IV | Study requirement
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- 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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