MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENH2540

Film and national culture

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

B McFarlane

8 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: ENH1100 and ENH1110, or approved equivalents

Synopsis This subject will explore film as a cultural product. Through a close study of key texts (film and written texts), the subject will examine how a particular nation is represented in the films of a particular period. The focus will be on Australian cinema but there will be some comparison with how another national cinema (eg British) cinema has treated certain themes.

Assessment Written (4000 words): 60% + Examinations (2 hours): 40% + Tutorial participation

Prescribed texts

McFarlane B and Mayer G New Australian cinema: Sources and parallels CUP, 1992

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