Feminism and Popular Culture: Reading Mainstream Cinema (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Jane-Maree Maher
Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: By the successful completion of Feminism and Popular Culture, students will have acquired the following skills: 1. A grounded working knowledge of the major theoretical and methodological approaches that constitute the field of feminist cultural studies in film. 2. An informed theoretical critique of how gender is constituted in mainstream cinema. 3. An interdisciplinary approach to textual analysis. 4. Library based research skills and a working knowledge of the major data-bases used in cultural studies. 5. The ability to think critical and analytically, and to be able to articulate those thought processes in a high standard of written and oral expression. 6. A focus upon the production of scholarly research as the end point of a process of reading, discussion, drafting and debate. 7. The production of thoroughly researched, well documented and presented formal essays. 8. The ability to work both independently as scholars and to participate actively in group projects. Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate greater capacity for independent research and will be required to answer a class test of a more conceptually challenging nature.
Assessment: Bibliographic/research skills exercise (1000 words): 20% + Essay (2500 words): 50% + Class test (1 hour, 1000 words equivalent): 20% + Class participation: 10% + Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate greater capacity for independent research and will be required to answer class test questions of a more conceptually challenging nature.
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week
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