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An exploration of radical film and television in French Surrealism, Soviet Montage, Hollywood and Third Cinema.

10 x 1hr lecture,

10 x 1hr seminar,

10 x 2hr screening over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

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

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The standard assessments for this course:

■ Essay 1 (1500 words) - 30%

■ Essay 2 (3500 words) - 70%

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

■ There is no alternative to essay 1, but a flexible deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

■ There is no alternative to essay 1, but a flexible deadline 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:

■ explore the extent to which cinema and television have provided a space for the representation of both radical ideas and radical aesthetics

■ introduce students to a wide range of radical texts from French Surrealism to Soviet Montage, from Hollywood to Third Cinema, analysing feature films, documentaries and television drama

■ examine what is at stake in the attempt to challenge mainstream aesthetic norms and political ideologies

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

■ understand of a variety of radical movements in cinema and television

■ contextualise the aesthetic choices made by filmmakers and place them within historical and contextual settings

■ relate matters of aesthetic form to debates about the politics of form