EKIA4300 Popular Culture Texts (5 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description

Content

In this course, popular culture is understood as a multifaceted phenomenon; however, our emphasis is on the role of popular culture in textual production. The texts we discuss range from contemporary literature to film and other multimodal popular forms. We read and analyse different kinds of popular culture texts in order to learn about their circulation, functions and how they participate in meaning production in society. We also acquaint ourselves with theories of popular culture and concepts that are relevant in this particular context.

Completion methods

Contact teaching: This completion method consists of participating to lectures, reading, discussion tasks and writing a final exam.

Self-study: This completion method consists of studying the course material and doing the assignments in Moodle including a final paper.

Assessment details
Contact teaching: Active participation to lectures, final exam.

Self-study: Assignments and final paper

Learning outcomes

On completing the course, the students
  • Are familiar with different approaches to popular culture
  • Understand the multiformity of roles played by popular culture in societies
  • Can discuss the historicity of contemporary phenomena and see for example the processuality of popular representations
  • Are able to understand how popular representations create and shape social and cultural identities 
  • Are familiar with the ways in which popular culture texts in different ways participate in meaning creation in societies
  • Can apply theoretical concepts in critical discussions of popular culture

Additional information

Attendance policy in contact course: 80%

Literature

  • List of literature provided at the beginning of the course

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Attendance policy 80%
Evaluation criteria:
Active participation to lectures, final exam.
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Evaluation criteria:
Assignments and final paper
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Active participation to lectures, final exam.
Language:
English
Study methods:

Contact teaching: This completion method consists of participating to lectures, reading, discussion tasks and writing a final exam.

Study materials:

To be specified later

Literature:
  • List of literature provided at the beginning of the course
No published teaching
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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Self-study: Assignments and final paper
Language:
English
Study methods:

This completion method consists of studying the course material and doing the assignments in Moodle including a final paper.

Literature:
  • List of literature provided at the beginning of the course

Teaching