Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6040FILM-JAN-MTP
Aims
To provide a selective overview of non-US and non-European cinema.
To engage with key critical and theoretical concepts for understanding of films from different cultural contexts.
To offer historical, aesthetic and cultural insights into key case studies from cinemas of the world.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically engage with selected cinematic traditions and case studies in World Cinema.
2.
Demonstrate awareness of key critical and theoretical concepts for understanding films from non-US and non-European cultural contexts.
3.
Critically analyse films from diverse World Cinema traditions and cultural contexts.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
The module examines several case studies of non-Western cinemas. Indicative content includes the cinemas of China, India, Africa, Japan, Korea, South America, Iran, Turkey, Israel/Palestine. (Specific case studies may vary). It also explores critical and theoretical concepts such as post-colonialism, the transnational, cultural translation, third cinema, fourth cinema and Orientalism.
The module examines several case studies of non-Western cinemas. Indicative content includes the cinemas of China, India, Africa, Japan, Korea, South America, Iran, Turkey, Israel/Palestine. (Specific case studies may vary). It also explores critical and theoretical concepts such as post-colonialism, the transnational, cultural translation, third cinema, fourth cinema and Orientalism.
Module Overview:
The module provides insights into a range of non-US and non-European cinemas, and critical tools for the students to engage with films from different cultural contexts.
The module provides insights into a range of non-US and non-European cinemas, and critical tools for the students to engage with films from different cultural contexts.
Additional Information:
The module develops the students’ engagement with non-Western cinematic traditions, while also expanding their understanding of key concepts including 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.
The module develops the students’ engagement with non-Western cinematic traditions, while also expanding their understanding of key concepts including 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.