Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Less a precise definition and more a socio-anthropological concept relating to cultural practices, "mass culture" covers a considerable number of forms, media, institutions and challenges. This course consists not only of theoretically conveying the reasons for this apparently confused proliferation (with the help of cultural sociology, semiology and critical theory of the mass media). We will undertake a close reading of two series of objects : literary serials from 19th to 20th centuries (Dumas and several theories of mass-mediatic visibility or celebrity (from Thorstein Veblen to Nathalie Heinich).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course objective is to lay the groundwork for research on mass culture, using a two-pronged critical approach to the field, one relating to the products of mass-culture themselves, the other relating to theory, in the most diverse sense, which we will try to take into account. The theoretical presentations will be complemented by an analysis of cultural products relating to the field in question.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Lectures and/or podcasts.
Recommended or required readings
Required reading of A. Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (Gallimard, coll. « Folio »).
Pascal Durand, La Leçon des choses. Techniques imaginaires de Defoe à Simenon, Bruxelles, La Lettre volée, coll. Essais, 2021 (sortie octobre)
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Oral examination if possible.
Email examination, if the former is not possible.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Course head, Pascal Durand, lecturer, Department Media, Culture & Communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be;
Assistante
Caroline Duchesne
Place du 20-Août, 7, 2e étage
Tél. 04 366 44 13
Caroline.Duchesne@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat
Tél. 04 366 32 86