Proram Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Course: Literature and Cultural Studies
Code: IG 547
Chs: 2
Semester: 5
Pre-requisite: Students taking this course are required to have satisfactorily completed Foundations of Linguistics (Semester 2) and
Foundation of Literature (Semester II) with minimum grade of C.
Lecturer: Eki Qushay Akhwan (2026)
Objectives
Upon completing the course students are expected to be able to (1) understand and use literature and cultural studies tools (concepts and theories) to make out how meanings are produced, reproduced, and circulated, (2) use them to analyze and reveal the meanings hidden in cultural phenomena and practices and in literary works as cultural artifacts, and (3) critically scrutinize the social, cultural, and political significance of the revealed meanings to empower themselves and the people around them.
Course Description
This course guides the students to read and examine literature and cultural studies concepts and theories with the objective of enabling them to use them as tools of analysis to reveal meanings hidden in the cultural phenomena and literary works.
Considering the breadth and the interdisciplinary nature of the concepts and theories of literature and cultural studies and the limited number of credit hours, this course will only cover the following concepts:
1. The Signs: aspects of signs, signs and systems, and interactions of signs.
2. The Text: texts and textualities, genre and intertextuality, and narrative.
3. The Medium: the medium and mediation, myths and imagery,
realism and stereotypes.
4. Ideology: power relations and hegemony.
The course will emphasize the practical application of the concepts as tools of analysis by providing the students with models of analysis and texts and cases upon which they can apply their understanding of the concepts.
Learning Activities
Reading, questions and anwers, discussions, lecturing, modeling, practice.
Media
Whiteboard, Computer and LCD with internet connection, DVD player.
Evaluation
Grading elements
- Individual assignment 20%
- Group assignment 20%
- Mid-term test 30%
- Final test 30%
Grading scale
A 86 – 100
B 71 – 85
C 56 – 70
D 41 – 55
E < 40
Weekly Syllabus Sessio
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Topics Sources
1 Syllabus overview and introduction to Literature
and Cultural Studies 2. Culler (1997, 42 – 1. Handout
54)
2 Signs and aspects of signs. 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
7 – 14)
3 Signs and systems 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
25 – 43)
2. Bertens (2001, 54 – 57)
4 Interactions of signs 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
44 – 66)
5 Text 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
67 – 87)
6 Genre and Intertextualities 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
88 – 110)
111 – 131)
2. Culler (1997, 82 – 93)
8 Mid Term Test
9 Medium and mediation 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
132 – 154)
10 Ideology 1. Thwaites et al. (1994,
155 – 171)
11 Ideology and hegemony 1. Bertens (2001, 79 –
116)
12 Identity and the subject 1. Culler (1997, 108 –
132)
13 New Historicism and Cultural Materialism 1. Bertens (2001, 171 –
192)
14 Post-colonial Criticism and Theory 1. Bartens (2001, 199 –
216)
15 Sexuality, Literature and Culture 1. Bertens (2001, 217 –
235) 16 Final Test
References
Allen, Graham. Intertextuality. (Abingdon: Routhledge, 2000)
Bertens, Hans. Literary Theory, The Basics. (London: Routledge, 2001)
Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory, A Very Short Introduction. (London: Oxford University Press, 1997)
Leitch, Vincent B. (General Editor) et al. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001)
Lodge, David and Nigel Wood (Eds.). Modern Criticism and Theory, A Reader (Second Edition). (Essex: Pearson Education Ltd., 2000)
Storey, John. Cultural Studies and The Study of Popular Culture. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, Ltd., 1996)
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Topics Objectives Learning
Activities Evaluation Sources
1 Syllabus overview and
introduction to Literature and Cultural Studies
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to:
- have the idea about the course coverage and
requiremen ts;
- understand and be able to state in their own words what Literature and Cultural Studies is in terms of its history and traditions.
- Lecturi ng, questio ns and answer s.
- Questio
ns and answer s.
- Handou
ts - Culler
(42 – 54)
2 Signs and Aspects of Signs
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of sign, content, codes, format, address, context,
- lecturin g, discussi ons.
- Questio
ns and answer s - Writing
a short on their reading of a text.
- Thwait
and functions; - find
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
3 Signs and Systems
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of signifier, signified, significatio n,
difference and value, synchrony and diachrony, paradigm and syntagm; - find
- Lecturi ng, discussi ons
- Questio
ns and answer; - Writing a short essay of about 200 words on their reading of a text.
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned. 4 Interactions
of Signs
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of metaphor and
metonymy, connotation and
denotations ;
- find examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate
- Lecture ing and discussi on
- Questio
ns and answer; - Writing a short essay of about 200 words on their reading of a text.
their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
5 Text At the end of the
sessions, students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of text, social texts and social meanings, textual analyses and
production, text
analysis practice; - find
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the
Lectureing and discussion
- Questio
ns and answer; - Writing a short essay of about 200 words on their reading of a text.
concepts sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of textual relations, genre, generic change and dialogism; - find
examples from day objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
Lecturing and discussion
- Questio
ns and answer; - Writing a short on their reading of a text.
1. Thwite s (88 – 110)
7 Narrative At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain
Lectureing and
discussion - Questions and answer; - Writing a short essay of
in their own words the
concepts of narrative structure, narrative negotiation s, etc.; - find
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
about 200 words on their reading of a text.
8 Mid-term test
9 Medium and
Mediation At the end of the sessions, students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of mediation and self-effacement, media self-interest and community,
Lectureing and
discussion - Questions and answer; Writing a short essay of about 200 words on their reading of a text.
myths of community, visual media and technology, and
realism; - find
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
10 Ideology At the end of the
sessions, students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of ideology and power, ideology and
hegemony, conflict and contradictio n;
- find
Lectureing and
discussion - Questions and answer - Writing
a short essay of about 200 words on their reading of a text.
examples from day to day experiences ,
phenomena , and objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read
ideology in texts. 11 Ideology
and Hegemony
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
concepts of ideology, hegemony, Marxist literary theory, feminism, and gender and race theories;
Lectureing and
discussion - Questions and answer;
1. Bertens (79 – 116)
12 Identity and
the Subject At the end of the sessions, students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words the
Lectureing and
discussion - Questions and answe; - Writing a short essay of about 200 words
concepts of the subject, representati on v. Production, psychoanali sis, group identities, pervasive structure; - find
examples from day objects to illustrate their understandi ng;
- read texts with the concepts they have learned.
on their reading of a text.
13 New Historicism and Cultural Materialsm
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words New Historicism and
Cultural Materials;
Lectureing and discussion
- Questio
ns and answer
1. Bertens (171 – 192)
14 Post-colonial Criticism
At the end of the sessions,
students are
Lectureing and discussion
- Questio
ns and answer;
and Theory expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words Postcolonia l studies, orientalism, colonized and colonizer, subaltern. 15 Sexuality,
Literature and Culture
At the end of the sessions,
students are expected to be able to:
- understand and explain in their own words lesbian and gay
criticism, the
production of
sexuality, queer theory, homosexua lity as cultural matrix.
Lectureing and discussion
- Questio
ns and answer;
1. Bertens (217 – 235)
