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ENGL2627: Screening Sexuality
This unit explores the relationship between cinema and sexuality in classic films through detailed, historicised readings. Questions to be investigated include the erotics of cinematic genre and form; the sexual politics of representation and spectatorship; stardom, scandal and cult appreciation; cinema and sexuality as technologies of modernity; cinema, sexuality and pedagogy.
| Code | ENGL2627 |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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6 credit points at 1000 level in the English major or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Film Studies major |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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ENGL2027 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. gain an understanding of the history of modern sexuality through analyses of film texts
- LO2. gain an understanding of sexuality as fundamental to film as a form, medium and technology
- LO3. gain an understanding of the politics of cinematic representation, reception and production from a range of queer and feminist perspectives
- LO4. analyse film texts closely and critically through the lens of sexuality
- LO5. develop through group work in tutorials to work collaboratively and productively problem solving
- LO6. explore pertinent topics and texts rigorously, independently, and in a scholarly manner.
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