Seminar: Scandals in British Culture (BA) - Details

Seminar: Scandals in British Culture (BA) - Details

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Course name Seminar: Scandals in British Culture (BA)
Course number ANG.05273.03
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 8
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Thursday, 10.10.2024 12:00 - 14:00, Room: Hörsaal XXI [Mel]
Type/Form KuWi II
SWS 2

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This seminar will attempt to examine the social phenomenon of scandal. Moving beyond the taint of gossip and frivolity and trying to understand scandals as symptoms of a culture at a specific point in time, we will try to disentangle the complex dynamics between transgression, public outrage, and media attention. Our work will be informed by (socio)-historical, cultural, and media studies approaches. Examples of relevant scandals will be drawn from British culture and society of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Studienleistungen:
- Regular attendance and oral participation
- In-depth knowledge of assigned material and preparedness to talk about it
- chairing a part of one session (group effort)
- regular forum postings for preparing each session

Prüfungsleistung:
Hausarbeit -- term paper

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Scandals in British Culture (BA)".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible until 09.10.2024, 12:00.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.