Literature and culture today: Popular culture and literature 2510-f1ENG3W-LCT-PCL
Laboratorium (LAB) Semestr zimowy 2023/24

Assessment methods:

Presentations W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1

Written assignment (popular culture analysis) W1, U1, U2, U3

Active participation in discussion W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1

Assessment criteria:

The final mark consists of the assessment of:

presentations (40% of the final mark)

written assignment (40% of the final mark)

participation (20% of the final mark)

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The seminar examines the methods of studying culture and the selected aspects of popular culture in Anglophone countries. The students learn how to analyse cultural artefacts, read the critical texts on Anglophone cultures and apply acquired skills and knowledge in practice. The seminar covers the following aspects and phenomena: popular fiction, visual culture, popular music, subculture and counterculture as well as fan fiction.

1. Introduction (syllabus, learning outcomes, requirements).

2. Popular culture – theoretical contexts.

3. Popular fiction (x2)

4. Advertising, visual culture (x2)

5. Popular music (x2).

6. Music video (x2).

7. Subculture (x2).

8. Fandom and fan fiction (x2).

9. Written assignment feedback.

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