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American and British Culture Reflected In Film and the Internet Film and the Internet as mirrors/reflections cultural artefacts*. *artefact- an object shaped by human workmanship Film and the Internet are also artefacts. During our session we’ll view and analyse parts of selected films and web pages which reflect features of American and British Culture. LOG-> for example travel log <pamiętnik> Przydatne strony : JSTOR, Project MUSE, bg.uwb.edu.pl->Wiley online library Credit requirements: Participation in lectures is not compulsory BUT In order to receive the final grade you will need -Pass the final written exam. During the exam, you will be responsible to know the issues, concepts and the terminology discussed during the lecture and be ready to answer questions related to your Personal Reading Log. -Complete your Personal Reading Log , -Print it out and hand it in during the last lecture. Midnight in Paris 1.Themes for analysis: -Highbrow/lowbrow culture -Highbrow cultural centers -Paris as a cultural center -American artists in Paris -Expatriots -American culture vs. European culture “ Greeting from Poto-Potockis”
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American and British Culture Reflected In Film and the Internet
Film and the Internet as mirrors/reflections cultural artefacts*.
*artefact-an object shaped by human workmanship
Film and the Internet are also artefacts.
During our session we’ll view and analyse parts of selected films and web pages which reflect features of American and British Culture.
LOG-> for example travel log <pamiętnik>
Przydatne strony : JSTOR, Project MUSE, bg.uwb.edu.pl->Wiley online library
Credit requirements:
Participation in lectures is not compulsory
BUT
In order to receive the final
grade you will need
-Pass the final written exam. During the exam, you will be responsible to know the issues, concepts and the terminology discussed during the lecture and be ready to answer questions related to your Personal Reading Log.
-Complete your Personal Reading Log ,
-Print it out and hand it in during the last lecture.
Midnight in Paris1.Themes for analysis:
-Highbrow/lowbrow culture
-Highbrow cultural centers
-Paris as a cultural center
-American artists in Paris
-Expatriots
-American culture vs. European culture
“Greeting from Poto-Potockis”
Poles on Haiti“Les Polonaise”
2.Themes for analysis:
-Enculturation
-Acculturation
-Hybrid cultures
-National identity
-Globalization
-Polonia/diaspora
Arranged3.Themes for analysis:
-Minorities national/religious
-Clash of cultures
-Majority/minority culture
-Ethnic/national identity
-Muslims and the western world
-Diaspora (Jewish/Muslim)
-Romantic love/arranged marriages
Walkabout4.Themes for analysis:
-Ethnocetrism/Eurocentrism
-Culture clash
-Extermination of Aboriginal Australians
-Globalization/McDonaldization of culture
-Music in films – soundtracks
Dances with Wolves 5.Themes for analysis:
-The concept of the “frontier”
-Individualism – American feature
-Culture clash
-Extermination of Native Americans – Genocide Gun Culture
- “Indian” stereotypes
Forrest Gump“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.”
6.Themes for analysis:
-Historical references in the film
-Turning points in American history
-Race – main problem of the United States
-Americans and the War in Vietnam
-American version of democracy
Gandhi7.Themes for analysis:
-British Empire
-Colonial past and the cultures of the contemporary postcolonial word
-nonviolent/passive resistance
Modern Times8.Themes for analysis:
-Industrial revolution
-Steam/electricity and modernity
-Thomas Edison – his input
-Assembly line – Ford-Model T
-Capitalism
-What next?
2001:A Space Odyssey9.Themes for analysis:
-Odyssey (Homer) - travel and search
-Mythic vision of the relationship between man and machine
-Are we still evolving?
-What is the future of Mankind?
-Artificial intelligence
-Futuristic theories
Anonimity on the Web10.Themes for analysis:
-Identity and the Web (internet persona)
-“Multiple identities”, avatars, Second Life, WikiLeaks
-Hate language
Are we becoming cyborgs?11.Themes for analysis:
-How technology is changing us?
-Web/Hypertext
-“Getting rid of the meat” – technology and the future of Mankind
-Transhumanizm – is this the future of Mankind?
