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- demonstrerer kendskab til emnet og de relevante tekster, teorier og problemstillinger.
- demonstrerer færdighed i litteratursøgning, selektion og disponering af et givet stofområde.
- bruger relevante fagbegreber, -teorier og -terminologier.
- anvender relevante analytiske metoder.
- giver en teoretisk reflekteret analyse af afgrænsede problemer.
- reflekterer over den anvendte teoris videnskabsteoretiske eller videnskabshistoriske egenart.
- forholder sig vurderende til den anvendte teori.
Since the early decades of Hollywood, it has held a prominent position in American political discourse. Some of its detractors have vilified Hollywood as an agent of moral and social decay, and as a subversive influence on the American way of life. Other critics have viewed Hollywood as a promoter of mass consumer culture, and the handmaiden of corporate interests. Today, in the sharply polarized American political scene, Hollywood remains at the center of political controversy; the religious right regarding Hollywood a promoter of a grand conspiracy to destroy Christianity and America, the left believing it to be a tool of the corporate military-industrial complex whose main aim is to suppress dissent and questioning of its political, economic, and social hegemony.
This course will examine the role Hollywood has played in American social and political discourse, and why it is the current site of such contentious debate. In order to place the course within the framework of a theoretically-based academic discussion, various theories of film, media, and political discourse will be introduced and discussed.
Important historical events and periods will be examined, such as early and continuing efforts at censorship and self-regulation, Hollywood's propaganda role during World War II, McCarthyism and the blacklist, revisionist Hollywood of the 1960s & 1970s, and the recent "culture wars."
Numerous film and television artifacts will be screened in order to illustrate both how Hollywood has used its products to promote political agendas across the spectrum of ideologies, but also how Hollywood responds to and symptomatically reflects prevailing political and cultural circumstances in the United States.
Members of the Hollywood community have sought to influence political discourse in the US not just through the content of their artistic works, but also by trading on their celebrity and name recognition. The cases of Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger are well know, but they are only two examples from a multitude of Hollywood entertainers who have been active politically, both as candidates for public office and promoters of political agendas. Today, Hollywood is one of the prime fundraising centers for both Democrats and Republicans. This aspect of Hollywood will also be explored.
Bestået bacheloruddannelse.
David Harding
Undervisningen i disciplinen foregår på hold, og der lægges vægt på arbejdsformer, der kan omfatte læsning af primær- og sekundærtekster, mundtlige bidrag fra de studerende, holddiskussioner samt gruppearbejde.
Engelsk
Required course materials will be in the form of a compendium, and will be available before the start of the semester. Additionally, students will be asked to view on-line video clips, and possibly attend the screening of several films.
Mundtlig eller skriftlig eller hjemmeopgave eller formidling eller aktiv, tilfredsstillende deltagelse i undervisningen.
Udvalget af eksamensformer afhænger af, hvilken kandidatlinie den studerende følger.
