Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 31)
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111-258/358 "Surrealism and the Cinema" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p31) : Next:111-259 | Prev:111-257
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr. Barbara Creed.
Prerequisite: 111-105.
Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings a week.
Timetable: Semester One
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the origins of surrealist filmmaking in related cultural and political forms such as Dada, art, poetry and automatic writing
- understand the political and social aims of the surrealist filmmakers
- appreciate the characteristics of avant-garde forms of artistic and filmic expression;
- appreciate and understand the films of Luis Bunuel.
Content:
A study of the origins, aims and features of surrealist filmmaking from its beginnings in Dada to its contemporary manifestations in the films of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch. Topics will include: surrealist politics; surrealist art; the marvellous; Hollywood influences; mad love; the theatre of cruelty; eroticism; sexuality.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p31) : Next:111-259 | Prev:111-257
2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p85) : Next:111-360 | Prev:111-256
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr Barbara Creed.
Prerequisite: 111-105
Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the origins of surrealist filmmaking in related cultural and political forms such as Dada, art, poetry and automatic writing;
- understand the political and social aims of the surrealist filmmakers;
- appreciate the characteristics of avant-garde forms of artistic and filmic expression; and
- appreciate and understand the films of Luis Bunuel.
Content:
A study of the origins, aims and features of surrealist filmmaking from its beginnings in Dada to its contemporary manifestations in the films of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch. Topics will include: surrealist politics; surrealist art; the marvellous; Hollywood influences; mad love; the theatre of cruelty; eroticism; sexuality.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p85) : Next:111-360 | Prev:111-256
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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