Unit of study_
Watching Stars: Film and the Star System - ICLS2637
Year - 2019
This unit will investigate how film stars reflect national preoccupations and how they achieve national and transnational fame. It will examine and compare several major film stars from several cultures and will analyse their star image through, for example, their on-screen performance in film adaptations, their celebrity bodies and faces and their representations in the popular media. Students will be introduced to film star theories. Students will have to attend at least 4 film screenings.
Classes
1x1hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week
Assessment
1x1000wds equivalent Oral Presentation (20%), 2x 2500wd Essay (80%)
12 credit points at 1000 level in International and Comparative Literary Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies
Details
Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Semester 1
25 Feb 2019
Department/School: International and Comparative Literary Studies
Study Mode: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day
Census Date: 31 Mar 2019
Unit of study level: Senior
Credit points: 6.0
EFTSL: 0.125
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes
Faculty/department permission required? No
Location
Camperdown
More details
HECS Band: 1
Courses that offer this unit
Non-award/non-degree study If you wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for your own interest but not towards a degree, you may enrol in single units as a non-award student. Cross-institutional study If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to undertake cross-institutional study in one or more units of study at the University of Sydney.
