Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the influence of media on structural and functional changes of cultural and literary discourses – in the German-speaking area and beyond.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Literary studies, media studies and the theory of knowledge.
Conceptualization of the term “media”.
Media and literature: historiographical aspects.
System-theoretical aspects of literary history and media history.
Communication processes in oral cultures: situationality, homeostasis, circularity, mnemotechnics etc.
Communication processes in writing cultures and their impact on literature: isolation, decontextualization, individualization, linearity, rationalization, mechanisms of social control, canonization, fictionality etc.
Communication processes after the invention of printing press and their impact on literature: problem of authenticity, economization, materialization, differentialization, massiveness, democratization, literary market, structural changes in literary system, popular literature etc.
Communication processes after the invention of auditive, visual and audio-visual media and their impact on literature: standardization of perception, problem of authenticity, approximation to the complexity of sensory system, ideological impacts, differentialization of subcultures, fragmentation, dynamisation, commercialization, passivization/activation, synchronicity, decentralization, digitalization, virtuality, metafiction, reader response, literary autonomy, construction of identity etc.
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures,,
• homework assignments and active participation
• e-learning
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the role of media in the cultural-historical and literary-historical processes,
recognize the basic mechanisms of media influence on the synchronic and diachronic level,
identify the influence of media on cognitive, communicational and social structural changes,
explain the interaction between the written and the audio-visual media and critically evaluate their influence on modern literary systems.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
communication skills;
using information technology (finding information on the internet).
Readings
• Kremer, D. 2004: Literaturwissenschaft als Medientheorie, Aschendorff Verlag, Münster.
• Faulstich, W. 2006: Mediengeschichte von den Anfängen bis 1700, UTB-basics, Göttingen.
• Faulstich, W. 2006. Mediengeschichte von 1700 bis ins 3. Jahrtausend, UTB-basics, Göttingen
• Rusch, G. 2002: Einführung in die Medienwissenschaft. Konzeptionen, Theorien, Methoden, Anwendungen, Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden.
• Strassner, E. 2002: Text-Bild-Kommunikation – Bild-Text-Kommunikation, Niemeyer, Tübingen.
Prerequisits
Prerequisits for acceding the course:
None.
Conditions for prerequisits:
To be allowed to attend the written examination, the student has to manifest active participation during classes.
