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Objectives and competences

The objective of this course is to acquaint Students with • media landscape in german speaking countries • changing principles of communication in new media • methods of linguistic and literary interpretation of media texts • basic theoretical, stuctural and functional aspects of popular culture and with its impact on linguistic and literary systems

Content (Syllabus outline)

The subject deals with the popular culture from linguistic and literary-theoretical poit of view emphasizing the following contents: • Media communication, basic aspects • Print media, functional styles and text types • new media, basic characteristics • methods of language analyses and interpretation of media texts • problems of valuation of (pop)cultural / literary phenomena: canonisation • Comercialisation, massiveness and globalisation of cultural and literary phenomena in traditional and new media.

Learning and teaching methods

• seminar.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

On completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts in theory of popular culture, recognize the role of those processes in context of intercultural discourses, show the knowledge of the German media recognize the characteristics of the media language and selected media text types use linguistic and cultural methods in analyzing media communication

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

oral and writing skills argumentative skills using ICT and information sources problem solving skills

Readings

Burger, H. (2005): Mediensprache. Eine Einführung in Sprache und Kommunikationsformen der Massenmedien. 3., völlig neu bearbeitete Aufl. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter. Mediensprache. Izbrana besedila. http://www.mediensprache.net/de/index.aspx Volodina, M. N. (2013) (Hg.): Mediensprache und Medienkommunikation. Mannheim: Institut für Deutsche Sprache. Izbrana besedila. Neuhaus, S. 2002: Revision des literarischen Kanons, Vandenhoeck, Göttingen.. Hecken, T. 2007: Theorien der Populärkultur, Transcript, Bielefeld.

Prerequisits

None.

  • red. prof. dr. VIDA JESENŠEK
  • izr. prof. dr. DEJAN KOS

  • Written examination: 50
  • Collaboration in lectures, tutorials and lab work: 50

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  • : 70

  • German
  • German