Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Эстетика прекрасного и безобразного в визуальной культуре Европы. Английский язык продвинутый
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Совместная программа по экономике НИУ ВШЭ и РЭШ)
Направление:
38.03.01. Экономика
Где читается:
Факультет экономических наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Nothing or no one is naturally, inherently and intrinsically normal. By the same token no one or nothing is a born monster. Paraphrasing a well-known proverb it would be fair to say that it takes a village to make a monster. The monstrous body is “pure culture” and in all epochs it has embodied culturally specific fears, traumas, anxieties and fantasies. The monstrous body is tattooed with the cultural text which tells a story of exclusion and marginalization, fear and hatred, curiosity, awe and desire. Rephrasing another adage, to understand how a culture treats its freaks means to get an insight into the origins of its “normalities”; it means to discover the sources of its collective psychic energy which a society expends on keeping anomalies in check. An essential facet of the course is an emphasis on building English language fluency in terms of both written and oral discourse. One of the main requirements is a high level of reading competency. The course methodology promotes class discussions, presentations and writing activities. The key transferrable skill that is at the centre of the course is the ability to understand, analyze and critique the ideas of others with the aim of constructing and presenting own argument in an academically rigorous and persuasive way.