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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Cinema Studies

111-462 Australian Cinema

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Dr Barbara Creed

Prerequisite/s:

To have satisfied the entry requirements for Honours in Cinema Studies.

Contact:

Three hours of lectures and seminars and a separate film screening.

Subject Description:

A study of the Australian cinema from the silent period to the present. Topics covered will include: early film history; conditions of production; the 70s renaissance; the role of the Australian government in film production; Australian genres; the Australian avant-garde; the Women's Film Fund; Australian film in the 90s; aboriginal film-making; the mateship genre; gender and sexuality; post-colonial theory and Australian cinema.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling about 6000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Dermody, S. and Jacks, E, The Screening of Australia Vols 1 and 2, Currency Press 1987.
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