MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


CLS3520

Reading the past - European cinema, history and national identity

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

Pavlos Andronikos

8 points + 2-3 hours per week + Clayton + Prohibitions: EUR3520/4520, MGR3330/4330

Synopsis A survey of the contribution of European cinema to the (re) construction of national identities, with particular reference to the interpretations of the recent past offered by postwar European cinema and the way in which the ideological turmoil that resulted from the two world wars is reflected in and portrayed by the films studied. A selection of (subtitled) European films will be studied, including works by Angelopoulos, Bertolucci, Bu-uel, Saura and de Sica.

Assessment Written (3500 words): 60% + Examinations (2.5 hours): 40% + Option of essay (2500 words) in place of examination


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