Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)
This is primarily a reading unit that will consider aspects of film theory since 1975. A major portion of the unit will be devoted to the debates around modernism and post-modernism as they relate to film studies. Other areas of investigation include: textual analysis, feminist film theory, historical poetics, historical reception studies, queer film theory, and the impact of the cultural studies and Cinema books of Gilles Deleuze. Film texts for exploration will include those from Australian, American, European and Asian cinemas
By the completion of the unit students will be expected to:
First essay 3000 words 35%
Second essay 4500 words 45%
Seminar participation and paper 1500 words 20%
4 hours (one 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening) per week
A major in Film and Television Studies or other approved discipline