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Jan 30, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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US 217 Leading Men in 21st-Century Television
(4 Credits)
This course examines the portrayal of men in television of the 2000s and late 2010s, what is known to many as the Golden Age of Television or the Age of Prestige Television. In recent years, women in television have received great critical attention out of concern for underrepresentation and the perpetuation of harmful, limiting stereotypes. These misgivings in many ways serve as a feminist project with the belief that television depictions influence our real-life conception and treatment of gender roles.
Precedence centers men as default. Therefore, far less critical interrogation exists regarding male representation in television and the types of stories we tell about manhood. Through analyzing television shows such as The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Succession, this course will attempt to give shape to the otherwise hazy expectations and expressions of manhood on the small screen. Furthermore, this class seeks to examine how these television renderings bleed into aspects of men’s lived individual experiences and our real-world culture.
This course primarily is discussion-based. Students will come into class having completed scholarly readings, viewings, and short informal reflective writing. These assignments serve as the foundation for greater class dialogue.
The intended student audience for this course is rather diverse and vast. Outside of the classroom, many of us watch television as part of our daily routines. As such, this class is open to an interdisciplinary audience in order to get students from all backgrounds to think more critically about the narratives they consume in their day-to-day lives.
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