2023
New Cultural Paradigms
Name: New Cultural Paradigms
Code: LLT12741L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Literature
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. To know the terms, analytical tecniques and interpretative strategies in Cultural Studies;
2. To use interdisciplinary critical approaches to examine the different modes the cultural processes are
produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and answered;
3. To learn critical interdisciplinary perspetives to examine the diverse and sometimes constested meanings of
the cultural processes and objects, establishing a basic knowlede of the theoretica paradigms of Cultural
Studies;
The expected learning outcomes are the capacity to know and understand some of the main historical
antecedents of key aspects of Cultural Studies, as well as some of the major social, political, economic and
cultural issues in contemporary society. These competences will be revealed through a gradual autonomous
study and work capacity and the ability to write and to think critically using adequate terminology.
2. To use interdisciplinary critical approaches to examine the different modes the cultural processes are
produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and answered;
3. To learn critical interdisciplinary perspetives to examine the diverse and sometimes constested meanings of
the cultural processes and objects, establishing a basic knowlede of the theoretica paradigms of Cultural
Studies;
The expected learning outcomes are the capacity to know and understand some of the main historical
antecedents of key aspects of Cultural Studies, as well as some of the major social, political, economic and
cultural issues in contemporary society. These competences will be revealed through a gradual autonomous
study and work capacity and the ability to write and to think critically using adequate terminology.
Contents
1. The origins: from literary to cultural studies;
1.1. The tradition of culture and civilization;
1.2. Culturalism, marxism, structuralism;
2. The parameters of Cultural Studies;
2.1. The discipline of Cultural Studies;
3. Key concepts in Cultural Studies;
3.1. Representation, ideology, experience, power, identity, gender;
4. Topographies of culture;
5. Subcultures and postsubcultures;
6. The post-modernization of everyday life;
7. Culture and post-humanity.
1.1. The tradition of culture and civilization;
1.2. Culturalism, marxism, structuralism;
2. The parameters of Cultural Studies;
2.1. The discipline of Cultural Studies;
3. Key concepts in Cultural Studies;
3.1. Representation, ideology, experience, power, identity, gender;
4. Topographies of culture;
5. Subcultures and postsubcultures;
6. The post-modernization of everyday life;
7. Culture and post-humanity.
Teaching Methods
Through discussion, research and written and oral production, students learn the several dimensions of Cultural
Studies, coming to understand them in the broader social, aesthetic, ethical and political contexts.
Students will develop their research in oral (30%) and written (50%) works, with emphasis on the critical analysis
and close reading of the suggested bibliography.
The CU is taught in collective in-class sessions of theoretical and practical nature, prepared with previous
readings by the students in order to motivate debate and dialogue around the pertinent questions of the
syllabus, as well as to enhance full understanding of the topics. There will also be practical sessions, where we
consider as crucial the gradual autonomous work of students and their commitment outside classes. Students
might be asked to present an individual or group work, either oral or written (20%). Assessment is preferably
continuous, and lessons can be taught both in Portuguese or in English.
Studies, coming to understand them in the broader social, aesthetic, ethical and political contexts.
Students will develop their research in oral (30%) and written (50%) works, with emphasis on the critical analysis
and close reading of the suggested bibliography.
The CU is taught in collective in-class sessions of theoretical and practical nature, prepared with previous
readings by the students in order to motivate debate and dialogue around the pertinent questions of the
syllabus, as well as to enhance full understanding of the topics. There will also be practical sessions, where we
consider as crucial the gradual autonomous work of students and their commitment outside classes. Students
might be asked to present an individual or group work, either oral or written (20%). Assessment is preferably
continuous, and lessons can be taught both in Portuguese or in English.
Teaching Staff
- Ana Clara de Sousa Birrento Matos Silva [responsible]
