Alternative and Underground Press - JRN322 Fall 2025
Course
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Counterculture Movements 1956-1974 IIntroductions. Syllabus. Agenda and Personalities Part I |
2. Writing about what mattters. Personalities and publicationsbetween 1965-1969 500 cities published underground papers |
3. Music Magazines: Rolling Stone, Spin, Maximum Rock'n'roll |
4. Samizdat Czech UndergroundSamizdat. Libri Prohibiti |
5. New Journalism and Gonzo Journalism*Tom Wolf and Hunter S. Thomson |
6. Lifestyles and mainstream crosover |
7. Transatlantic Counterculture in the 1960s |
8. Henry Cow members Chris Cutler and Tim Hodkinson (UK) and their suport of Czech dissidentsWe will visit the concert of two British stars of independent progressive rock Chris Cutler and Tim Hodkinson |
9. Midterm essayTopic: Midterm 20% Bring in your computer. |
10. Indigenous mediaBlack Panthers, Native Americans, Malcolm X |
11. Satirical alternative media |
12. Local autonomous scenestemporary autonomous zones |
13. Underground comixThe “graphic novel” is one of the most innovative contemporary literary art forms. let us examine “verbal-visual” literacy we need to appreciate this art form. What is the history of the graphic novel, and what are its critical conventions? |