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Lecturer(s)
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Hudac Nicholas David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Hain Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course focuses on the intersection of gender and film. Throughout the course of the semester we will examine a number of methods of analyzing films as they touch on gender, and issues connected to gender in films and the audiovisual industry. Texts (subject to change): Judith Butler. Gender Trouble. Laura Mulvey : "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Donna Peberdy. Masculinity and Film Performance : Male Angst in Contemporary American Cinema. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Thomas Keith: Masculinity at the Movies. Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture. Richard Dyer. Stars. London, BFI, 1999. Valerie Solanis. The S.C.U.M. Manifesto. Films (subject to change): Věra Chytilová. Daisies. 1966. Joel Schumacher. Falling Down. 1988. Sam Peckinpah. Straw Dogs. 1971. Jacques Rivette. Celine and Julie Go Boating. 1974. Juraj Jakubisko. Birds, Orphans, and Fools. 1969. David Fincher. Fight Club. 1999. King Hu. Come Drink With Me. 1966. Toshiya Fujita. Lady Snowblood. 1973. Barry Jenkins. Moonlight. 2016.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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To pass, students must attend at least 75% of all lectures, participate in classroom discussions, read the assigned texts, and watch the assigned films. Texts will be uploaded to Moodle. Students will have to source their own copies of the films online or via the film library, they will not be hosted on Google drive or Moodle this semester. Oral exams in English will be scheduled at the end of the semester via STAG.
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Recommended literature
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