Stories of man-eating human and nonhuman beings have been said dead many times, but the myths live on in mainstream and subculture alike. While the topic even left its footprints in silent films of Disney (like 'Alice Cans the Cannibals' from 1925), representations of primitive, bloodthirsty Others are still surrounding us, as Ridley Scott’s '1492: Conquest of Paradise' (1992), in comedy films, the Indiana Jones adventures, Verbinski’s 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest' (2006) or the attacking indigenous people in Peter Jackson’s 'King Kong' (2005), just to name a few famous examples. Even though different further representations vary from the classic stereotypes to attempts of criticizing (post)colonialism or socioeconomic surroundings (for the latter, see for example 'Somos lo que hay' by Jorge Michel Grau, 2010), mainstream media still constantly reproduce old comic-relief like narratives of boiling caldrons, Hannibal Lecter being one of very few exceptions, seemingly the more frightening due to his white, academic identity. We want to “hunt” the motif and history of cannibalism analyzing political and aesthetic contexts in order to gain more sensitivity for this, highly underestimated, visual and narrative topos.
Ideally, you should have already completed both or one of the courses "Analysing and Interpreting Literary Texts" (British/American Literature) from BM 2 and "Writing" from BM 1. If you have not, this does not exclude you from the course, but please let me know, since you might need specific support/material (related to the essays).
Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum | |
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wöchentlich | Mo | 18-20 | H9 | 17.10.2016-10.02.2017
nicht am: 17.10.16 / 31.10.16 / 07.11.16 / 26.12.16 / 02.01.17 / 23.01.17 |
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einmalig | Sa | 10-14 | H9 | 12.11.2016 |
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23-ANG-AngPM3 Profilmodul 3: American Studies | PM 3. 3 US American Literatures and Media | Studienleistung
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23-ANG-AngVM2 Vertiefungsmodul 2: The Americas/ Interamerican Studies | VM 2.2 The Americas: Culture and Literature | Studienleistung
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VM 2.3 The Americas: Film and Media | Studienleistung
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23-ANG-AngVM4 Vertiefungsmodul 4: Anglophone Studies | Anglophone Literatures and Cultures | Studienleistung
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23-ANG-AngVM5 Vertiefungsmodul 5: Theories & Ideologies | VM 5.3 Cultural Theory | Studienleistung
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23-ANG-AngVM6 Vertiefungsmodul 6: Media, Arts & Communication | VM 6.1 Theoretical and Historical Contexts | Studienleistung
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Requirements for a “Studienleistung” or (for old FSB’s) “aktive Teilnahme”:
1.) Participation in one expert group, i.e. responsibility for the discussion moderation of one session. This means: The expert group gives an impulse – like a working hypothesis, an interesting quote, a specific film scene or other medial input, a question, an idea etc. − to start the session topic and each group member has to participate verbally active (articulating a discussion input in form of a question, statement, reply or comment) at least once. Please do not give presentations or long introductory talks, but just the explained starter and catalyzing inputs (as they are needed for any fruitful discussion).
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2.) One essay (2-3 pages, MLA style) on one of the essay questions given in class. All essays have to be handed in until the end of February.
Requirements for a grade:
If you need a grade, please tell me as soon as possible. In that case, your options are to…
a)…write a term/module paper
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b) …do a part-time moderation of one session (45 minutes) with a written elaboration (fulfilling academic standards (in style, use of quotations, and including all of your sources!) of about 5-8 pages.