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2024年度シラバストップ > 高Ⅲ年8組 > 英語 > Cultural Theory II

教科
科目
学年・組
授業時間
担当者
英語
Cultural Theory II
高Ⅲ年8組
2hrs/week
必修選択
Fance

到達目標


A course of study developing an understanding of the ways that we approach the interactions between the self, cultural products and society. You will learn to think about how you interact with socio-cultural products such as art, literature, music, film, and other representations of reality and current as well as historical events, and the effects these products have on your own development in the context of the culture you inhabit.

授業の進め方・学習方法


Activities in class will be centerd on extracts from texts by key thinkers in cultural theory. Once the students have established an understanding of a range of approaches to cultural products, they will be given opportunities to apply those ideas to texts and / or images through discussion.

Assessment will take the form of formal writing about text and / or image in the context of the theories approached. Examinations will also apply cultural theory to specific works.

授業スケジュール


学期
学習内容
1学期
Concerning violence and war

Students will encounter the ideas of Hannah Arendt, Slavoj Zizek, Elaine Scarry and Judith Butler.

Point of learning: What forces contribute to cause violence? Can violent resistance ever be justified?
1学期中間試験
1学期
Concerning ideas of oppression.

Students will encounter the ideas of Giorgio Agamben, Angela Davis, Kate Millett and Jack Halberstam.

Points of learning: In what ways are individuals vulnerable to the controls of citizenship? How do cultural products maintain social imbalance through perpetuated stereotypes?
1学期末試験


学期
学習内容
2学期
Concerning ideas of popular culture.

Students will encounter the ideas of Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard and Bernard Stiegler.

Points of learning: In what ways are individuals and communities vulnerable to the controls of popular culture?
2学期中間試験
2学期
Concerning ideas of community.

Students will encounter the ideas of Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Giorgio Agamben and Jacques Derrida.

Point of learning: How can we approach the idea of ​​living as a community? How can we find an effective way of expressing ourselves in society?
2学期末試験


学期
学習内容
3学期
N/A
3学期末試験は実施しない

成績評価方法


種別
割合(%)
評価基準など
定期試験
60
Written examination
Research essay
Class participation
レポート
小テストなど
32
授業での取り組み状況
8

担当者からのアドバイス


Make sure that you are clear about the ideas that are presented. Be prepared to express your own ideas by comparison with those you study. Study hard and enjoy thinking!