Theory of culture 2510-f2ENG1S-TC
The lecture offers an overview of major cultural processes and phenomena associated with postmodernism and post-postmodernism. It begins with an analysis of a number of postmodern texts and practices, presenting the major critics and approaches associated with the period, in order to consider some critical proposals to describe the post-postmodern.
Content distribution:
- postmodernism in science, literature, and architecture
- postmodernism and philosophy (post-structuralism)
- popular culture and postmodernism (anti-consumerist movements, culture jamming, performance)
- network culture and post-postmodernism
- metamodernism
- digimodernism
- automodernism
- altermodernism
- post-postmodernism in literature and film
Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Teaching methods
Observation/demonstration teaching methods
Expository teaching methods
- participatory lecture
- problem-based lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
- exchange and discussion methods
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:
- tests – W1, U1
- online discussion and activities - W1, U1, K1
Assessment criteria:
- discussion and comments on Moodle (10%)
- mid-term and final test (please note that both must be passed) (90%)
Assessment criteria:
fail- (59%)
satisfactory- (60-67%)
satisfactory plus- (68-75%)
good - (76-84%)
good plus- (85-90%)
very good- (91-100%)
Practical placement
N/A
Additional information
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