MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


VSA4040

Film theory and film criticism: part 1

D Williams

10 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis This subject is primarily a reading course that will consider aspects of contemporary film theory. A major portion of the subject will be devoted to Deleuze's philosophy of the image. Students will be required to engage with arguments around notions of postmodernism in the works of Baudrillard, Lyotard and Jameson. Other areas of debate, including narratology and discourse theory, will be considered. Film texts for exploration will include Australian, American, European and Asian cinemas.

Assessment Essay (3000 words): 40% + Longer essay (4500 words): 50% + Seminar participation: 10%

Preliminary reading

Prescribed texts


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