Cinema Studies |
201 McKenzie Hall, 541-346-8104
Cinema Studies Program
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8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
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Course Data
| CINE 440 Top Canadian Cinema >GP >IC |
4.00 cr. |
| Explores cinematic traditions, artistic styles and industrial practices in specific national and regional contexts as well as cinema’s global development. Also examines issues of transnationalism, globalization, and diaspora. Repeatable twice for a maximum of 12 credits when topic changes. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Hanna E |
Office:
106 PLC
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Only Open to Majors:
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Cinema Studies
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| Course Materials |
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CRN |
Avail |
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Location |
Instructor |
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15885 |
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27 |
1400-1550 |
mw |
36 LIB |
Hanna E |
8 |
Final Exam: |
1445-1645 |
w 12/06 |
36 LIB |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 24: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| September 30: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| September 30: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 1: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 1: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 2: |
Add this course |
| October 2: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 8: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 8: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| In this [Global Perspectives] satisfying course, we survey cinematic traditions within specific national and/or regional contexts to critically explore how and why cinema is perceived as a cultural form that explicitly addresses/engages national identity. We simultaneously address the specificity of a national cinema tradition (beyond that of the U.S.) while also complicating and challenging the fixed notion of a "national cinema."
In this course, students critically engage elements, themes or innovations of film that inform or disrupt the category of national identity. Students learn to identify how “nation-ness” is represented, reassured, questioned or challenged in a film text. Can a film’s nationality possibly determine cinematic styles, genre conventions or aesthetic elements? What does it mean to associate a film or media product with a particular nationality in an increasingly globalizing world? How can we determine and understand the nationality of a film text when it is often produced by multinational staff or investors or targeted towards global or diasporic markets?
Further, as the specificity of each cultural sphere is linked to a more global media culture (which is engaged to form an increasingly cosmopolitan dialogue), we explore how this process is reflected in and constructed by motion pictures. By looking into these compound questions and issues that have come to define the concepts of “national” and “regional” cinema, this course serves as both an introduction to filmic traditions in a specific cultural context, but also—and more importantly—as an in-depth case study that challenges and expands the discussions of national cinema. |
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