SMJ10033 Screen Studies

In this sub-major, the first subject focuses on key movements and directors in cinema history, and key theories and debates that have defined film studies as a discipline. The second subject explores the ways in which various media (focusing on film, but also on television, video, and new media) inform and/or challenge our understanding of the past and its relationship to the present. Finally, the third subject focuses on a diverse range of contemporary films that are innovative and experimental in their structure and which are explored in conjunction with contemporary debates in film studies on the relationship between aesthetics, politics, affect, and experience. Each of the subjects are international in their focus and students engage critically and creatively with visual texts from, among other countries, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, China, Taiwan, Iran, Lebanon, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, and the USA.

The sub-major appeals to students who have an interest in film (and other visual media), and who are keen to develop the vocabulary and skills to think and write about the history and theory of these media in an informed, critical, and scholarly way.

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