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Margaret Thatcher and Popular Music- Dozent/in
- Stefan Eick, M.A., M.Litt.
- Angaben
- Seminar
2 SWS, Teilnehmerbegrenzung 25 Studierende; An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow vom 03.02.2014 (08:00 Uhr) bis 11.04.2014 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 09.06.2014 (10:00 Uhr) bis 27.06.2014 (23:59 Uhr); Abgabe der schriftlichen Hausarbeiten spätestens 1. September 2014 (Wenn der Lehrstuhl nicht besetzt ist, bitte sämtliche Postsendungen [eindeutig adressiert] in der Pforte, Kapuzinerstr. 16, abgeben oder dort in den Briefkasten einwerfen. Danke.)
Zeit und Ort: Do 18:15 - 19:45, U11/00.16 (außer Do 26.6.2014, Do 3.7.2014); Einzeltermin am 26.6.2014 15:45 - 17:30, U5/00.24; Einzeltermin am 27.6.2014 10:15 - 12:00, U2/01.33; Einzeltermin am 3.7.2014 18:00 - 19:45, U2/01.33; Einzeltermin am 3.7.2014 20:15 - 21:45, U5/02.18
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Teilnahmevoraussetzungen/Conditions of participation
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Abgeschlossenes Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft
Lehrämter (neu): GYM Abgeschlossenes Basismodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft
Modulzugehörigkeit/Module applicability
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur (6 ECTS)
Lehrämter (neu): GYM Aufbaumodul; GYM Wahlpflichtmodul (Kombination mit Russisch) Landeskunde/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur (5 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (6 ECTS)
This seminar is exclusively intended for those students looking to complete a Seminararbeit and for whom an Aufbaumodul is a requirement. It does not count as a Vertiefungsmodul or any other kind of module not listed above on the grounds, above all, that otherwise fresher students often fail to achieve the degree of participation which seminars demand.
Lehrformen/Taught by
Seminars in English
Prüfungsformen, Voraussetzungen für die Vergabe von Kreditpunkten/Types of examinations, Prerequisites for obtaining credit points
Regular attendance; active participation; oral presentation; term-paper in English in accordance with Style Sheet.
Further information on the term paper can be obtained from this address: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/britcult/leistungen/studium/.
- Inhalt
- Inhalte/Contents
Margaret Thatcher s term as British Prime Minister lasted from 1979 to 1990. It is now widely regarded as one of the most divisive and transformative periods of modern British history. Her time in office, however, not only registered in a socio-political sphere narrowly understood, but also provoked significant reactions within popular music. These responses ranged from songs directly attacking the Prime Minister (e.g. The Beat s Stand Down Margaret ) to those addressing the events and politics of Thatcherism (e.g. Elvis Costello s Shipbuilding and The Jam s That s Entertainment ), from the adoption of particular aesthetic stances (aestheticism, Englishness and experiment within groups such as the The Smiths, Joy Division, and Gang of Four) to the outright political campaigning of individual artists (Billy Bragg and Paul Weller touring in support of Labour s 1987 general election campaign). While many artists thus thrived on a sense of opposition, the hedonism and escapism of other pop acts (e.g. Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club) is to be more straightforwardly related to the materialism and individualism prevalent at the time.
The course aims to address and classify all these reactions, and will also examine some of the more recent interactions between Margaret Thatcher, politics, and popular music, e.g. the avowedly anti-Thatcherite attitude of 1990s Britpop music, the alternative music preferences of the Cameron government, and the song Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead reaching No. 2 in the UK singles charts following the former Prime Minister s demise in April 2013.
All topics will be contextualised within the wider political and cultural background of their time. For this purpose, we will not only consider academic and first-hand accounts of the relevant periods, but also read Jim Cartwright s working-class drama Road (1986), Caryl Churchill s 1987 play about the banking world, Serious Money, and Margaret Drabble s panoramic novel, The Radiant Way (1987). Additionally, there are going to be screenings of Stephen Daldry s Billy Elliot (2000), a film set against the backdrop of the 1984/1985 miner s strike, and of the dark romantic comedy Brassed Off (Mark Herman, 1996), in which the story of industrial decline is continued into the 1990s.
Lernergebnisse, Kompetenzen/Learning outcomes, Skills
Students are to gain an overview and understanding of 1980s British politics and culture through the provision of background material and the discussion of both literature and individual manifestations of popular culture. Participants will learn how to analyse these works and place them in their appropriate social and artistic context. Since neither Thatcherism nor its relation to popular music ended with the resignation of the Iron Lady , the course also aims to foster an exemplary understanding of its continuing relevance within British culture.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Zu erwerbende Bücher/Books to buy
Cartwright, Jim, Road (London: Methuen, 1990). First published in 1986.
Churchill, Caryl, Serious Money (London: Methuen, 2002). Student Edition. First published in 1987.
Drabble, Margaret, The Radiant Way (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998). First published in 1987.
Further texts will be made available on the Virtual Campus. Students must have hard copies of the texts ready for the seminars. They are advised to allocate a particular folder for such texts right at the beginning of term. Texts will be uploaded in the course of the semester, shortly before the relevant seminar is due to take place.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 6
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 25
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Britische Kultur
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