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This course develops skills of close textual analysis rehearsed at Level One and Two, with a view to enhancing the quality of textual analysis in other Honours courses (including the dissertation). Through repeated small-group seminar exercises on a range of different films, it encourages students to enhance their close film reading skills while employing a variety of critical perspectives.

10 x 1hr lecture,

10 x 75 min seminar,

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Film and Television Studies, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Essay (1500 words) - 40%

■ Essay (2000 words) - 60%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There are no alternatives to the essays, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ Develop the skills of close textual analysis, through small group and individual work

■ Explore the relationship between text and context

■ Consider frameworks for the 'interpretation' of texts

■ Explore the role and function of textual analysis for the study of film

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Apply close textual analysis to a variety of film texts and analyse them critically with careful consideration of relevant contexts

■ Identify and critically employ appropriate interpretive frameworks in their analysis

■ Present ideas critically, clearly and coherently in oral and written formats

■ Employ communication skills to work constructively within small groups