シラバスＮo 25
担当者 Furmanovsky, Michael（ファマノフスキー　マイケル）
テーマ American Values through Movies and Popular Culture
PEC候補生受入 受入可
講義概要
到達目標 The goal of this seminar is for students to understand how and why American values and lifestyles (embedded in modern popular culture expressions such as movies, music, musical theater, TV and more) have spread to the rest of the world. Students will also examine how these values have interacted with those of other countries, including Japan, to create new forms of globalized culture. Those with an interest in both “Area Studies” and “Arts and Media” will be able to find suitable topics for their research and graduation thesis.
講義方法 We will explore how and why youth-oriented popular culture developed in the United States in the middle of the Twentieth Century. There will be a special focus on the special role of African-Americans, Jews and Italian-Americans in shaping that culture through their creation of pop-culture products that spread through the developed world. These movies, musicals, TV shows, songs and dances stimulated young people in those countries to create their own popular culture and reshape the lives of the generations that reached adulthood after World War 2. In the class we will use clips from movies, TV dramas, documentaries, commercials and more to build up an understanding of why modern popular culture began in the U.S and was then strengthened by borrowing from the popular music revolution that came from the U.K in the 1960s.
成績評価の方法 Grades will be based on group (20%) and individual (60%) presentations and reports as well as preparation for and participation in, class discussions (20%)
系統的履修  
テキスト There will be no textbook but reading materials will be posted to a web page set up for the class. We will also use youtube and other Internet sites.
参考文献 Students are advised to do some pre-reading about the meaning of popular culture.
履修上の注意・担当者からの一言 This class will be taught mostly in English. Students may use Japanese in class discussions, but research, reports and the graduation thesis will be done in English. Students who have not studied abroad may join, but should expect to work hard to follow class discussions.