ATS2220 · Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities

Overview

This unit will trace the development of European-language cinema, focusing on key films, historical moments and movements, to consider larger questions of nationhood, identity, history and globalisation

Areas of study: European languages Film and screen studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. discuss European-language contemporary cinema and its role in cinematic history;
2. conduct in-depth study of either French, German, Italian or Spanish and Latin American cinema;
3. apply relevant cinema and cultural studies concepts to the study of European cinema;
4. formulate, structure and write a scholarly analysis of European film and documentaries;
5. collaborate on a project to promote European cinema.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.