124260 KO Critical Media Analysis (2024S)
Lives on Screen. 20th- and 21st-Century Biopics
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 12.02.2024 00:00 to Mo 19.02.2024 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
11.03.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
18.03.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
08.04.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
15.04.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
22.04.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
29.04.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
N
Monday
06.05.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
13.05.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
27.05.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
03.06.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
10.06.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
17.06.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Monday
24.06.
10:15 - 11:45
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Active participation (20%; including oral contributions in class & course blog entries)
Group presentation (30%)
Portfolio (50%; consisting of a critical summary of a theoretical text, a film review or critical reflection, and a short academic paper)
Group presentation (30%)
Portfolio (50%; consisting of a critical summary of a theoretical text, a film review or critical reflection, and a short academic paper)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students must fulfill and pass each of the 3 course requirements (group presentation; portfolio; regular attendance and participation - 2 misses max.!) and score at least 60 points altogether in order to pass this course.Grading scale:
1: 100-90 points
2: 89-80 points
3: 79-70 points
4: 69-60 points
5: 59-0 pointsThe course requirements will be discussed in detail during the first session.
1: 100-90 points
2: 89-80 points
3: 79-70 points
4: 69-60 points
5: 59-0 pointsThe course requirements will be discussed in detail during the first session.
Examination topics
Assessment will be based on all material discussed in class: primary and secondary literature, theory, and audiovisual material.
This is an interactive course with continuous assessment ("prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung"). There will be no written exam.
This is an interactive course with continuous assessment ("prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung"). There will be no written exam.
Reading list
Extracts from
-- Andrew Dix, Beginning Film Studies, Manchester University Press 2008
-- Belén Vidal, Introduction: The Biopic and its Critical Contexts; The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture, ed. Tom Brown & Belén Vidal, Routledge 2014.
-- Eugenie Theuer, Introduction to "'Mattering Women's Lives on Screen': An Introduction", European Journal of Life Writing, 2021
-- John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism, Manchester UP, 2000
-- Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, Verso 1991
-- Astrid Erll & Ansgar Nünning, eds. Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook. Berlin: DeGruyter, 2008.
Further texts will be announced in class.
-- Andrew Dix, Beginning Film Studies, Manchester University Press 2008
-- Belén Vidal, Introduction: The Biopic and its Critical Contexts; The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture, ed. Tom Brown & Belén Vidal, Routledge 2014.
-- Eugenie Theuer, Introduction to "'Mattering Women's Lives on Screen': An Introduction", European Journal of Life Writing, 2021
-- John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism, Manchester UP, 2000
-- Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, Verso 1991
-- Astrid Erll & Ansgar Nünning, eds. Cultural Memory Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Handbook. Berlin: DeGruyter, 2008.
Further texts will be announced in class.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612, BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Code/Modul: BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Last modified: Mo 29.04.2024 11:45
We will take a look at the representation and appropriation of historical lives in the context of contemporary discourses of celebrity, national identity, and gender. Themes that will occupy us throughout include the aesthetics and politics of subject representation and the notion of biographical truth in artistic media, the questions whose lives get told, for what purposes, and in what form.
AIMS:
-- Students will become familiar with a range of biographical motion pictures.
-- They will be able to explain key concerns articulated in these films and contextualize them appropriately with reference to their generic context, to historical sources, and to the wider cultural and political discourses in which they participate. They will be able to apply various critical approaches to biopics, such as biographical theory, cultural memory studies, gender and postcolonial theory; in presentations, discussions and in a short scholarly paper.
-- They will develop a thorough knowledge of concepts and terminology central to the study of film and thus hone their skills in the critical analysis and interpretation of films in general, and biopics in particular.
METHODS:
Class discussions, reading assignments, oral presentations, group work, written assignments, eLearning