Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
EU50703 Europe and global cinema |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: CW 33%, ES 67% |
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Aims: To provide a framework within which students will acquire and demonstrate:
* a coherent and systematic knowledge of the global context of the development of European cinema and of Europe's influence on other cinemas * a thorough conceptual understanding of the interactions between European and other cinemas * familiarity with current research in the study of European cinema's position within a global film culture, and the ability to make a critical evaluation of this research. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this programme, students will be able: * to explain the different interactions between European and global cinema within the context of wider debate on cultural theory * to demonstrate understanding of current research in Europe's relationship to global film culture and to be able to make informed critical judgments based on available data * to show self-motivation and originality in tackling and solving intellectual problems posed by the analysis of European film in a global context Teaching, learning and assessment strategies to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated will include: Lectures; student and tutor led seminars; guided viewing; problem-based learning scenarios. Assessment Coursework: seminar presentations; essay. Skills: On completion of this programme, students will be able: * to demonstrate the ability to use sophisticated analytical and critical skills to construct an original and independent interpretation of film sources and critical material * to communicate findings and conclusions clearly * to continue to develop personal knowledge and understanding of European cinema's global context, and to remain abreast of contemporary debate. Content: The unit will explore the global contexts of European cinema, by examining the interactions between some key centres of film production (including Hollywood and Latin America) and Europe, in terms of history, production, representation, creative personnel, distribution and reception. Presentations and seminars will cover a range of topics including: the impact of the production context, European filmmakers in Hollywood, co-productions, the blacklist Diaspora, questions about national and post-national imaginaries, the interaction between place, space and identity in transnational filmic narratives and Spanish filmmakers exiled in Mexico. Such investigations will proceed via the study of particular films, and will be related to the debates of the nature of globalisation, together with consideration of regimes of national and transnational production, distribution and reception. The unit will also explore notions of First, Second and Third cinema, and examine in particular the dialectic between dominant cinema forms and various forms of counter-cinema. The unit will also examine the role of genre in these forms of global and transnational cinema, and the work of filmmakers who have worked in different production and cultural context (Europeans in Hollywood and Mexico, The Blacklist Diaspora etc). |