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CULT 312 DISNEY CULTURE BASICS
Full Course Title:
Disney Culture Basics
Osnovi diznijevske kulture
Course Code:
Course Level/BiH cycle:
CULT 312
I cycle
ECTS credit value:
6
Student work-load:
(Table with hours for: Lectures; Exercise; Other; Individual learning)
For the whole semester:
Length:
Faculty/School/Department:
Lectures
Individual
screenings
Individual
learning
TOTAL
45
50
55
150
One semester, 45 contact hours and additional 30 hours of consultations
FASS; Cultural Studies
Course leader:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Lejla Panjeta
Contact details:
Office:
F 1-6 Building A
e-mail:
Office hours:
Consultations will be
held two hours after
the lectures each
week.
Phone:
Site:
IUS main campus building
Host Study Program:
Cultural Studies
Course status:
TBA
Pre-requisites:
None
Access restrictions:
None
lpanjeta@ius.edu.ba
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Assessment:
Exams, assignments, research papers, presentation, debate assignment.
Date validated:
TBA
Course aims:
Learning outcomes:
Indicative syllabus content:
Learning delivery:
Assessment Rationale:
Assessment Weighting:
Essential Reading:
The aims of this course are to:
1. To introduce students to the key terminology in the fairy and folk tales, Disney works,
and animation.
2. To prepare students for analytical and critical thinking related to Disney tales.
3. To familiarize students with understanding of the key concepts in animation storytelling,
fairy tales interpretations in cinema and Disney studio works.
On successful completion of this course IUS student will be able to:
1. Identify and evaluate concepts in Disney works through politics, religion, ethics,
gender and culture represented in the fairy and folk tales and Disney animation.
2. Explore and utilize theoretical keys in understanding the scenery behind animations
and films of Disney studio.
3. Articulate opinions in relation to popular Disney culture.
The course will explore Disney aesthetics in animation, amusement parks, literature and cinema.
Historical evolution of Disney works and culture will discussed through history, politics, sociology,
religion, gender, and film theory. The course will discuss critical approaches to understanding
animations for children and family entertainment video and cinema. Special attention is
attributed to the film screenings and interpreting the meaning in classical and contemporary
Disney films and discussing animation history, styles, genre and film history and industry. Aspects
of folk and fairy tales interpretation and their critical evaluations through ideology, religion,
consumerism, psychology, and film theory will be examined thoroughly. Screenings of the
selected filmography are essential part of the course.
Ex-cathedra lectures, interactive lectures and in-class debates, screenings and discussions,
practical work and reading the literature to be directed to the student during the consultations
and group debates, individual presentations (visual and oral explanations to be given by the
student and discussed by the group).
Criteria for grading the Assignments, Presentations and/or Research Paper (2 points each
according to the table below):
Vocabulary
References
Comparison
Structure of the argument
Creativity in delivering the idea and making the hypothesis
Please us the attached Mini MLA Guide for Assignment essays and Research paper
Attendance 5%
Activity in debates 5%,
Favourites introduction 5%
Assignment 1 (animated film presentation) 10%
Assignment 2 (feature film presentation) 10%
Assignment 3 (character presentation) 10%
Midterm exam 20%
Self-evaluation letter 5%
Research paper 20%
Final exam 30%
1. Understanding Disney : The Manufacture of Fantasy. Reprint 2011 ed. Cambridge, UK &
Malden, USA: Polity Press, 2001.
2. Giroux, Henry A. The Mouse That Roared : Disney and the End of Innocence. Lanham,
USA & Oxford, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999.
3. Pinsky, Mark I. The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust. Louisville &
London: Westminister John Knox Press, 2004.
4. Zipes, Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell : Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. First
published 1979. 2 ed. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
5. Selden, Bernice. Walt Disney, Maker of Magical Worlds. New York: Yarling, Random
House, Inc., 1989.
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Additional/recommended reading:
Recommended readings:
Intranet web reference:
Plagiarism policy
This course has a strict plagiarism policy. Students who plagiarize will earn a zero on the
assignment and may fail the course. Serious cases of intentional plagiarism (copying passages or
entire papers from the Internet) can result in failing the course. For quoting and paraphrasing
other people’s works consult the enclosed Mini MLA Guide. This refers to the research papers,
essays, as well as speeches and in-class PowerPoint presentations and handouts. Please note that
Wikipedia is not to be referred as bibliographic source. You may however find is useful for
locating other sources and references.
Important notes:
Each assignment is to be submitted in printed form, except the letter of self-evaluation that is
to be submitted through e-mail. For PowerPoint please submit only the handouts. No
assignments will be accepted pass the deadline for submission according to the course
teaching timetable schedule below.
Attendance policy
Absence from lectures and tutorials shall not exceed 30% and 20% respectively. Students who
exceed the limits without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the
Dean of the relevant faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a
mark of zero for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be
considered to have withdrawn from the course.
Use your own laptops for presentations!
You will not be given the PowerPoint presentation of lectures. You will be given the handouts.
Write down and ask during and after the lecture.
Assignments - INSTRUCTIONS
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
a.
b.
i.
ii.
c.
d.
3.
a.
b.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
c.
d.
Introduction speech – Favorites (5 points)
Choose your favorite Disney film
Make a small research: biography, filmography, key points in this work and major criticism.
As yourself: why do you like this work?
Prepare a 5 minute long speech to explain to your colleagues why is this your favorite film.
Assignment 1 – Animated Film (10 points)
Choose your favorite Disney animated film and discover the connotations behind the story.
Make PowerPoint presentation focusing on:
Film narrative, shooting, camera work, editing, and acting.
Use movies stills to demonstrate your argument.
Prepare a 5 to 10 minute long speech to explain your example to your colleagues.
Submit the handout of the presentation. Use the enclosed Titling of the first page/slide.
Assignment 2 – Feature Film (10 points)
Choose your favorite Disney produced feature film.
Make PowerPoint presentation focusing on:
Basic defining and differing elements from other similar works
Film narrative, shooting, camera work, editing, and acting.
Film impact and propaganda effects
Use movies stills to demonstrate your argument
Prepare a 5 to 10 minute long speech to explain your example to your colleagues.
Submit the handout of the presentation. Use the enclosed Titling of the first page/slide.
4.
a.
b.
Assignment 3 – Character (10 points)
Choose the character from Disney film and define it.
Make PowerPoint presentation focusing on:
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i.
ii.
c.
Character motivations, goals, actions, drives and portrayal by the actor
Use movies stills to demonstrate your argument.
Prepare a 5 to 10 minute long speech to explain your example to your colleagues.
Submit the handout of the presentation. Use the enclosed Titling of the first page/slide.
Criteria for grading the Presentations (A1,2,3) and Research Paper – only for extra work!
(2 points each)
Quality Assurance:
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Vocabulary

References

Comparison

Structure of the argument

Creativity in delivering the idea and making the hypothesis
Please us the attached Mini MLA Guide for papers and essays– only extra work
The topics for the papers will be given individually to each student – only extra work
At the study program Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences special attention
is paid to quality assurance. A prerequisite for the application of quality assurance policy is to
develop awareness among academic staff, but also among students about the importance of
monitoring and improving the quality of teaching. It also implies an understanding that quality
monitoring is an evaluation of work, but the establishment of an institutional system with its full
implementation at all levels. Since the internal quality monitoring mission of the University or
Faculty within the University, this track will be given special attention, as follows:

Continuous improvement of policies and procedures for quality assurance due to the
specificity of the program,

Clearly established procedures and application of procedures in adoption of study
program in accordance with the guidelines. These procedures are established and there
is a need for further work on them,

Establishment of procedures for student evaluation and there is a need for its verbatim
and transparent application,

Selection of qualified and competent teaching staff,

Evaluation of efficiency of use of premises and equipment,

Regular information about the programs is done through the written and printed
materials,

Openness to external quality monitoring procedures established by the relevant
domestic and foreign institutions.
In addition to the above areas of quality assurance, students of IUS or a study program Cultural
Studies internally evaluate the quality of teaching and teachers in all courses at the end of each
semester. The evaluation is done electronically and anonymously. In addition, and evaluate the
quality of textbooks and instruments in the laboratory and used in practice.
Academic staff submitted an annual report on recent activities of the Vice-Rector for Education at
the latest two weeks after the final exam. The independent evaluator who is not a member of the
academic staff of Universities, administered evaluation questionnaire, and a member of the study
program (for each program separately) and Dean of the Faculty discusses the research findings as
well as student evaluations and together carried revising the plan for improving professional
work.Semesterally, the members of each program of study reviewed the sufficiency and
adequacy of available facilities, textbooks and teaching aids (instruments, technical equipment
...) and, according to the findings of the report sent to the Dean, which contains proposals for the
purchase or repair of existing equipment/aids. Program members also reviewed the adequacy of
program information available on the website of the University, and send their proposals and
suggestions in the form of a letter to the Dean.
Course schedule:
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Week
Lesson
/ Date
Topics to be covered
1
TBA
Introduction into the course 1:
Disney cinema, influence
and impacts
2
TBA
Introduction into the course 2:
Disney cinema, influence
and impacts
3
TBA
Walt Disney: Life and Works 1
Screening 1
4
TBA
Walt Disney: Life and Works 2
Screening 2
Class activities
Problems/ Assignments
(Homework)
Reading:
Learning objectives (After
this lesson student will be
able to:)
Problems/ Assignments
(Homework)
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Assignment – Homework:
Introduction Favorites
(5%)
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
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reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
5
TBA
Introduction to animated film:
brief history, genesis, impacts
Screening 3
6
TBA
Major Disney Animations 1
Screening 4
7
TBA
Midterm exam – quiz
Screening 5
Midterm exam – quiz
8
TBA
A2/ Major Disney Productions .
Mid-Term-Exam
Assignment 2:
Presentation
Disney Feature Film
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
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given after the class.
9
TBA
Dark Prince of Hollywood:
Conspiracy or Culture of
Deceit
Screening 6
Mid-Term-Exam
Assignment 2:
Presentation
Disney Feature Film
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
10
TBA
A3/ Disney production today
Screening 7
Mid-Term-Exam
Assignment 3:
Presentation
Disney Character
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
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TBA
A3/ Generation of Innocence:
Psychoanalysis, propaganda,
gender in Disney films
Screening 8
Mid-Term-Exam
Assignment 3:
Presentation
Disney Character
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
12
TBA
Disneyland: Attack on the
senses, pink world of oblivion
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
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Screening 9
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
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14
TBA
TBA
The essence of children play
and introduction to fairy tales
Screening 10
Mid-Term-Exam – Make
up
Assignment 3:
Presentation
Disney Character
TBA
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TBA
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Class discussion
Final EXAM
TBA at IUS web, according to
the annual exam schedules
Handout of the lecture to be
given after the class.
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Mickey Mouse: the most
famous character in the
animated film
Screening 11
15
Reference to the essential
reading list will be given during
the class. Consult the essential
reading list.
Class discussion
Final examination
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