Modern Languages and Cultures |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | ASPECTS OF CINEMATIC REALISM | ||
Code | FILM302 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr AM Smith Modern Languages and Cultures Alismith@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2021-22 | Level 6 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Co-requisite modules: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
11 |
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16 |
38 | |||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 112 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Exam There is a resit opportunity. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 | 120 minutes. | 50 | ||||
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 | 2500- 3000 words | 50 |
Aims |
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The module will introduce students to the theoretical and practical implications of the realist aesthetic as it has been interpreted at different times and places in the history of film. Using this central concept as a base, the module aims to make students aware of the evolution of critical and theoretical approaches to film, its function and its mode of operation, from classical film criticism, through the semiotically-based analyses of the sixties and seventies, to more recent concentration on spectatorship and audience reception; The module aims to encourage a critical evaluation of realism as aconcept and of particular film-texts in the light of the theory underlying their production; The module aims to equip students with skills to engage in careful textual analysis and to assess comparatively how different stylistic choices mediate audience engagement with the reality that is notionally represented; At final-year level this module aims to enable student s to work at a level of some theoretical sophistication and to show ability to relate complex general ideas to particular instances. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Familiarity with key concepts in film theory and ability to handle them with relation to specific texts. |
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(LO2) An awareness of the critical and practical debates which have been engaged in Europe around the artistic potential and the vocational function of cinema, ability to assess the various positions critically and to formulate rigorous arguments to explain the student's own position. |
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(LO3) Understanding of the various complex implications of an apparently simple concept. |
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(LO4) Ability to express ideas succinctly and to carry out independent textual (visual) analysis. |
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(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving - Problem identification |
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(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking |
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(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (including referencing skills) |
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(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Media analysis |
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(S5) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral |
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(S6) Information skills - Critical reading |
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(S7) Information skills - Information accessing: Locating relevant information and identifying and evaluating information sources |
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(S8) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Seminar Teaching Method 3 - Screenings Self-Directed Learning Description: Back ground and contextual reading, preparation for seminars, presentations and essays |
Syllabus |
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Topics covered during the module may include: Introduction to the module. European realism before World War II (French cinema of the 1930s, Brecht and the cinema); Realisms of the 1950s and 1960s. Italian neo-realism and its international influence; André Bazin and his theories of realism; the British New Wave; Realisms from the 1970s to the present. May include: French neo-Brechtianism in the 1970s (Tout va bien , Jean-Luc Godard, 1973); |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |