N.B. Students registered for courses below are kindly requested to bring printouts of the syllabi to the first week of classes.
- English Studies BA
AN23000BA, AN3300OMA American literature 1
The aim of this seminar is to introduce the most significant American authors of the 19th century through the analysis of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and Stephen Crane. The course will focus on representative poems, short stories and novels and will also feature group discussion of essays that have influenced mainstream American thought and writing.
Tue 12-13.40
AmLit 1
Wed 8-9.40
AmLit 1 -Wed
AN33000BA AN3306OMA The American Short Story in the 20th Century
The aim of this course is to introduce a variety of short story genres and give an overview of the classics (Faulkner and Hemingway) and the new voices that appeared in the second half of the 20th century (for example, science fiction, cyberpunk, Chicano, and Native American short stories). The course will provide insight into social, racial and ethnic factors influencing subjectivity, gender and the relationship between individual and power. The course will also focus on the visual representations of these genres in popular culture (for instance, the figure of the hard-boiled detective in Film Noir, the idealized image of the noble savage, or the cyberpunk world that provided the inspiration for The Matrix trilogy).
Wed 16-17.40
Short story
- American Studies MA
AN3027MA American Popular Culture
The aim of this course is to give an introduction to the theoretical background of Popular Culture and put theory into practice through the discussion of typical pop culture genres, such as chick lit, science fiction, the western, cyberpunk, television series or fandom studies. The position of pop culture in academia and everyday life will also be considered, as well as its changing evaluation ranging from escapist trash to serious works reflecting on the postmodern condition and pivotal questions of the 21st century, such as gender, race, ethnicity and identity construction.
Thu 8-9.40
Pop culture
- Teacher Training
AN5202OMA The American Popular Culture
The aim of this course is to give an introduction to the theoretical background of Popular Culture and illustrate it through the discussion of some of the typical pop culture genres, like romance, science fiction or the western, as well as including aspects of contemporary culture, for instance, fandom studies. Putting theory into practice, the course will focus on how popular culture can be used in the classroom. Students will collectively build a repository of classroom activities based on pop culture genres (comics, music, film, video games, etc.) through the term. Classes will have a hands-on component, teaching materials will be researched and evaluated in small groups, therefore active participation will be required for the course to function properly.
Wed 14 - 15.40
Pop culture TT
BTAN5202OMAL American Popular Culture - Distance learning
Pop culture DL
- Business Specialization
AN25007BA Advertising 2
The aim of this course is to guide students through the steps of an empirical research project, covering the difference between quantitative and qualitative research, questionnaire compilation, interpreting findings, presentation of the project and writing a research report. The research project will be based on the course Advertising (BA 2nd year) and will examine how efficient viewers find the various components of advertisements covered in the previous semester. The course will also provide practice materials for the relevant vocabulary, as well as help with business presentation and writing. The empirical research component will be relevant aid for writing business specialization theses by outlining and putting into practice the research methodology.
Tue 16-17.40
Advertising 2
BTANL25007BA Advertising 2. Distance learning
This course will investigate how and why advertisements work. We will look at different strategies and techniques in advertising, discuss why some of them are more or less successful than others and how this social phenomenon is related to popular culture in general. The course focuses on putting into practice the theory covered in the set texts and will require students to demonstrate their new skills in their home essay.
Advertising DL