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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Intercultural Communication
Course Code DM441
Theme・Subtitle The Hollywood Teenager
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.2・5308, Fri.2・5308
Credit 4
Course Number ICC3371
Language English
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
course cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes
Text Code DM441

【Course Objectives】

The primary goal of this course is to understand the concept of "teenager" in the context of the 20th century United States. The idea of 'teenagers' began around the 1890s, and developed gradually until it took over mainstream pop culture in the 1950s. Even in the 2020s, much of pop culture worldwide revolves around people aged 13-19 (toys, movies, music, etc.). Our goal is to understand the beginnings of this trend, and see how it developed over 50 years. We will use popular films as our primary resource, but include other media (music videos, poems, TV shows) to examine trends and archetypes in more detail.

The secondary goal of this course is for students to see how fashion (e.g. mini skirts in the 1960s, synthetic materials in the 1980s, Y2K fashion in the 2020s) operates in a cycle, with each generation resurrecting what came before, with their own interpretations and changes. After this course, students should be able to identify the general era from which each current fashion trend emerged.

【Course Contents】

There are four overall themes: identity vs role, social power, third spaces, and archetypes. We will cover 6 decades of pop culture (1950-2000), focusing on major events, music, movies, and fashions from each. Each class will have a lecture covering ten facts. There will be a short, ten question quiz reviewing the facts covered in the previous class.

There will be a midterm examination and final examination, both made up of previous quiz questions. There is a final essay assignment in which students write 1000 words on one of three provided prompts.

Homework will consist of (1) reading excerpts and (2) recommended media viewing. Each time we 'finish' a decade, students will write a short Journal reflecting on the recommended reading & media (for a total of six written reflections).

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