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About FTS 1300 A

Foundational instruction in how to analyze the aesthetic, social and political significance of a television series. Representative topics: Breaking Bad and Masculinity, Twin Peaks and Desire, Wire and Ethics. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.

Notes

Open to degree and PACE students

Section Description

This course will examine the philosophical, political, and ethical theories of modern evil through an American Television series, Better Call Saul. We will focus on the ways in which Better Call Saul explores the questions of human freedom and evil, law and guilt, and of God and redemption. To understand the stakes of these problems, we will draw from Kantian ethics, psychoanalysis, and theories of modern bureaucracy and capitalism.

Section Expectation

Each week, you will watch roughly four to five episodes per week except for the first two weeks of the semester and write screening notes (250 words min). Each week, you will read two critical essays and write ONE reading response to both of the essays (250 words min).

Evaluation

Grade breakdown: Weekly Screening Notes 20% Weekly Reading Response 25% One Exam 25% One Analysis Paper 30%

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