Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6030FILM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1.To provide a selective overview of world cinema.
2. To examine cinemas of the world historically and aesthetically.
3. To develop a critical understanding of films from different cultural contexts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically examine cinematic traditions in world cinema.
2.
Critically analyse issues surrounding history and aesthetics in world cinema.
3.
Critically engage with films from different cultural contexts.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:This module focuses on a number of case studies of different cinemas of the world, with the exception of American and European cinemas that have been examined in the previous year. The case studies may vary and would include some (of all) of the below: the cinemas of India, Iran, Japan, China, Africa, South America, Korea, Russia, Turkey, Israel/Palestine.
Module Overview:
This module will provide an overview of world cinema so that you can examine cinemas of the world historically and aesthetically, developing an understanding of films from different cultural contexts.
This module will provide an overview of world cinema so that you can examine cinemas of the world historically and aesthetically, developing an understanding of films from different cultural contexts.
Additional Information:The module develops the students’ engagement with non-Western cinematic traditions, while also expanding their understanding of the concepts of the transnational and the postcolonial. It focuses on a number of diverse case studies, and examines both the distinctive characteristics of the cinematic traditions that they represent, while also situating them in a broader context of global exchanges and interactions.
Assessments
Centralised Exam
Essay