Course: Introduction to Cultural Analysis: Medim, Affect, Perfformativity

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Course title Introduction to Cultural Analysis: Medim, Affect, Perfformativity
Course code FIF/91MKA
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Burešová Jana, prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Elbel Martin, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Kalous Antonín, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Antonín Malaníková Michaela, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Miller Jaroslav, prof. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Nováček Karel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Oppeltová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Perutka Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Prchal Pavlíčková Radmila, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Somer Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Stejskal Jan, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Švaříčková Slabáková Radmila, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Viktořík Michael, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Papajík David, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Jirsa Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Organized as a set of creative workshops, the Ph.D. optional course will focus on the current interdisciplinary approach of cultural analysis that explores various cultural objects (texts, images, media) on the background of dialogue between literary theory, aesthetics, art theory, cultural affect studies and media philosophy. The methodological and theoretical framework of the seminar consists in three key concepts - affect, medium, and performativity - which transgress individual codes, structural categories and genre specificities in favor of providing a complex analysis of the aesthetic and theoretical activity of artifacts, cultural practices, and media strategies as well as their social constellations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 125 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to examine the conceptual background and contribution of the cutting-edge interdisciplinary approach of cultural analysis that explores cultural objects (texts, images, media) and practices throughout a dialogue between literary theory, aesthetics, art theory, cultural affect studies and media philosophy; to improve the analytical and argumentation skills of Ph.D. students, to improve their critical and conceptual thinking; to acquire the basic concepts peculiar to cultural analysis: affect, medium, performativity.

Prerequisites
Completed M.A. study program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Recommended literature
  • Alphen, Ernst van. (2008). Affective Operations of Art and Literature. , RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, no. 53-54 (2008): 21-30.
  • Attridge, Derek - Elliott, Jane. (2011). Theory after "Theory". London.
  • Bal, Mieke; Boer, Inge E. (1994). The Point of Theory: Practices of Cultural Analysis. New York.
  • Bal, Mieke. (2002). Travelling Concepts in the Humanities: A Rough Guide. Toronto.
  • Bennett, Tony; Frow, John. (2008). The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Analysis. Los Angeles.
  • Casetti, Francesco. (2015). The Lumi?re Galaxy. Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come. New York.
  • Hediger, Vinzenz - De Rosa, Miriam. (2016). Post-what? Post-when? A Conversation on the "Posts" of Post-media and Post-cinema. , Cinema&Cie 16, no. 26/27 (Spring/Fall 2016): 9?20.
  • Jenkins, Henry. (2006). Convergence culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York.
  • Latour, Bruno. (2005). Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. New York.
  • Shaviro, Steven. (2010). Post Cinematic Affect. New York.


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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (20) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Literature (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Clinical and Educational Psychology (2020) Category: Psychology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (2021) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Adult Education (2021) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Literatura (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Language (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English and American Literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Theory of Communication (13) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (16) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Clinical Psychology (12) Category: Psychology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Arts (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Clinical and Educational Psychology (2020) Category: Psychology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Literature (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Language (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Language (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Language (13) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (16) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Historical Sciences (19) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2021_2024) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Literatura (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Languages and Culture of China and Japan (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (2021_2024) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Languages and Culture of China and Japan (15) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Language (13) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (14) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2021) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Arts (19) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History of Art, Heritage Conservation and Technology for Material Analysis (20) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English and American Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Theory of Communication (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Migration Studies (20) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Politology (2021_2024) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (20_2024) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2020_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Politology (19) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Language (15) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Pedagogical Psychology (12) Category: Psychology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Pedagogical Psychology (12) Category: Psychology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2021) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Languages (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Arts (19) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Music (19) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Industry Studies (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Politology (2021) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Adult Education (2021) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (20) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (2021) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2020_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English and American Literature (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (14) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Arts (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory of Literature (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (16) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (20) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English and American Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Theory of Communication (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Languages and Culture of China and Japan (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (20_2024) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (12) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Literature, Theatre and Film (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): World History (12) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech History (12) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History of Art, Heritage Conservation and Technology for Material Analysis (20) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Migration Studies (20) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Languages and Culture of China and Japan (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance Literatures (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (2021_2024) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (12) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (16) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Economic and Managerial Studies (16) Category: Economy - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Music (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Literature, Theatre and Film (12) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2021_2024) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): English Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Industry Studies (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (20) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Music (19) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Literature (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Literature (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Politology (2021) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (19) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Economic and Managerial Studies (16) Category: Economy - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media and Cultural Studies (14) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (12) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech History (12) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Comparative Slavonic Philology (2019_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Historical Sciences (19) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Linguistics and Digital Humanities (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Linguistics and Digital Humanities (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -