Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Winter Quarter 2009

Constantin M. Behler
BIS 360
Bothell Campus

Literature, Film and Consumer Culture

Explores innovative approaches to the study of literature and film in the age of consumer culture. Focuses on literary and cinematic communication as an important arena for the constitution of modern subjectivity and personal identity.

Class description

Basic and advanced analysis of advertisement, film and literature; study and application of theoretical approaches to mass media.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Lectures, class and small group discussions.

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

Comprehensive midterm and final; three-page argumentative paper.

Class preparation, exams and paper.

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