Module Identifier | TF31720 | ||
Module Title | REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN FILM | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Mikel Koven | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Pre-Requisite | TF10210 , TF31920 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 x 2 hours | |
Assessment | Essay | 3 x 2,500 word essays, Essay 1 - 33%, Essay 2 - 33%, Essay 3 - 34% | 100% |
Resit assessment | as above |
Learning Outcomes:
Typically, on completion of this module, students will be able to:
- critically assess a history film as a product of a specific socio-political and cultural context;
- challenge the `authority? of `the filmed document? as it pertains to the Holocaust;
- critically assess how Hollywood films about the Holocaust address themselves to a mainstream American audience;
- critically assess how European films about the Holocaust address themselves to their domestic audiences, and how those audiences are assumed to be different from those of a Hollywood film.
Basis of student knowledge:
This module assumes that students already
- Have an understanding of the major critical discourses of film studies (i.e. the auteur theory, classical Hollywood cinema, genre study);
- Know the basic terminology that film studies utilise (mise-en-scene, montage, frame, diegetic/non-diegetic sources, etc.);
- Are familiar with certain key textbooks; specifically Pam Cook?s The Cinema Book and Bordwell and Thompson?s Film Art ? an introduction.
Readings:
Each week there are 2-4 assigned essays contained within a specially prepared `reader? for students. These readings come from a variety of sources, including journals, critical anthologies, and chapters in longer monographs.