Units of Study
ARHT2657 - Contemporary Hollywood
Summer Main, 2013 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Bruce Isaacs
Phone: +61 2 9351 3568
Email: bruce.isaacs@sydney.edu.au
Description
This unit of study will investigate the last two decades of the cinema of the USA, including Hollywood. Students will be introduced to the work of a number of established and emerging American filmmakers, to the work of a number of important film critics, and to issues concerning the theory and practice of film criticism. Critical and analytical focus will centre on the changing relation of subjectivity and time in independent cinema. Films that explore questions of subjectivity and that experiment with narrative structure will be featured.
Assessments
1x3000wd research essay (60%) 1x1500wd review essay (30%) tutorial participation (10%)
Textbooks
Course Reader will be available for purchase at the University Copy Centre
Classes
1x2-hr lecture/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week
Prerequisites
ARHT1001 and ARHT1002 OR 18 junior credit points including ARHT1002 or ENGL1011 or ENGL1025 or ENGL1026
Prohibitions
ARHT2057
Monday
| 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | |
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Lecture 1 |
Film 2 |
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2 This class runs from Week 6 to Week 7
Thursday
| 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | |
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Lecture 3 |
Film 4 |
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4 This class runs from Week 5 to Week 6
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