units

APG4280

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 19 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitFilm and Television Studies
OfferedNot offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)TBA

Notes

Previously coded FTM4052

Synopsis

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

Outcomes

By the completion of the unit students will be expected to:

  1. Identify and summarise a number of critical positions in contemporary film theory
  2. Critically assess the limitations of these positions so as to begin to establish new domains of inquiry
  3. Identify and defend their own critical positions within the field of film studies
  4. Relate these positions to the examination of films and film related material
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of research methodologies and the requirements of research papers.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7500 words)
Participation and paper (1500 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Contact hours

4 hours (one 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening) per week

Prerequisites

A major in Film and Television Studies or other approved discipline

Prohibitions

ATS4280 / APG5280