Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This seminar subject is primarily a reading course that will consider aspects of contemporary film theory. For a major portion of the course students will be required to engage with arguments around notions of post-modernism in the works of Baudrillard, Lyotard and Jameson. A major portion of the course will be devoted to Deleuze's philosophy of the image. Other areas of debate including narratology and discourse theory will be considered as they pertain to film and television. Film texts for exploration will include Australian, American, European and Asian cinemas.
Assessment First essay (2500 words): 25% + Second essay (3000 words): 35% + Long essay (3500 words): 40%