MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

CLS1050

Introduction to cultural studies II

Denise Cuthbert

Synopsis Continuing the work of CLS1040, this subject will examine a series of popular culture genres and texts drawn from a wide variety of contexts, including children's television, soap opera, romance, crime and science fiction in film, television and the popular novel. Among the recurring motifs in the subject will be questions about the place of Australian popular culture in an increasingly international market and the ways in which popular culture offers the means to define ourselves both in and against world society.

Assessment Essay (2000 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Tutorial work (including workbook): 20%

Prescribed texts

• Day M The life and crimes of Harry Lavender Allen and Unwin, 1988
• During S (ed.)The cultural studies reader Routledge, 1993
• Gibson W Neuromancer Grafton, 1986
• Selected extracts from Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie and Ruth Rendell will be provided in class.

Films

• Dances with wolves K Costner (dir.) TIG Productions, 1990
• Dirty Harry D Siegel (dir.) Warner/Malpaso, 1971
• Alien Ridley Scott (dir.) Twentieth Century Fox, 1979
• Bladerunner R Scott (dir.) Ladd Company, 1982

Recommended texts

• Bennett T (ed.)Popular fiction: Technology, ideology, production, reading Routledge, 1990