Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
4024FILM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To develop critical skills in film studies by outlining the different critical approaches to cinema.
2. To apply a number of critical concepts to the study of film.
3. To understand the historical development of film criticism.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Describe the various traditions of inquiry that have been applied to the analysis of films.
2.
Examine a film using one of the traditions of inquiry.
3.
Provide a historical overview of film criticism.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Lectures will be delivered introducing the concepts from various traditions of inquiry in film studies, from the classical theories of realism and formalism to post-modernism. All theories will be studied through case studies and film analysis.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to develop critical skills in film studies by outlining the different critical approaches to cinema. You will investigate textual criticism, identity politics and various other interpretive paradigms.
The aim of this module is to develop critical skills in film studies by outlining the different critical approaches to cinema. You will investigate textual criticism, identity politics and various other interpretive paradigms.
Additional Information:This course surveys the history of the various traditions of critical inquiry in film studies. We investigate textual criticism (formalism, structuralism and postmodernism), identity politics, (feminism, masculinity, queer theory and race) and various other interpretive paradigms.