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Cinematic Sin and Sensuality

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 November 2022
End Date: Sunday, 18 December 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 20 November 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 4 December 2022

Description

This course addresses the myriad and often conflicting ways that sex and sexuality have been represented throughout the history of Western cinema, with an emphasis upon Hollywood and American independent film.

This course addresses the myriad and often conflicting ways that sex and sexuality have been represented throughout the history of Western cinema, with an emphasis upon Hollywood and American independent film. We begin with early representations of sex and bodies and consider the significant impact and legacy of the Motion Picture Production Code, a ‘morality code’ that was enforced in the United States from the mid-1930s to the 1960s. We then move on to a diverse range of films and genres including comedy, horror, exploitation film and art film. We will explore ideological, social, ethical and artistic debates within film studies, while also addressing some important subgenres, historical trends and specific films and filmmakers.

Throughout this course you will be challenged to think about the ways that the (re)presentation of sex on screen might be used to confront, titillate and shock audiences, as well as how film might be used as a mouthpiece for marginalised communities or as a social barometer. You will also be asked to engage with some important movements within cinema studies and the broader study of gender and visual culture, from the development and politics of queer filmmaking, to auteur theory, to the emergence of modern sexuality studies. You will develop the ability to critically analyse and discuss sex and sexuality in the cinema, and you will be able to contextualise your analyses within the history and development of Western filmmaking.

Please note that this is an intensive summer school course that condenses a full semester 15-point course into five weeks. It requires in-person engagement for students to succeed, and is not designed to be taken by distance. Many of the twelve films shown in our in-person screening sessions will not be able to be sourced by students offsite, and students are required to be present and contribute in person to fulfil participation requirements. Lectures have a strong discussion component. ECHO recordings of lectures are offered as study resources, and are not a replacement for consistent in-person attendance.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a specialised knowledge of cinematic history, genre and form.
2. Understand and be able to problematize some of the ways that sex and sexuality have been
     represented and expressed in American and European cinema.
3. Develop an understanding of how cinema operates as both cultural text and practice.
4. Be familiar with some key works of modern theories of film, representation and sexuality, and
     be able to apply their concepts to a range of cinematic and cultural texts and practices.
5. Develop skills in visual and critical analysis, and be able to apply them to a variety of cinematic
     texts.
6. Develop intellectual and academic self-confidence, as well as digital research and
     communication skills.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE or CULT, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

Rachel Williamson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Blogs 40% Critical response blogs on LEARN (5 x 500 words)
Research 20% Research and filmography exercise (1,000 words)
Participation 10% Particiption and engagement
Final Test 30% Take home final test (2,000 words)


Please check the course LEARN page for further details and updates.

Notes

Film List

Week 1: Sex on Screen
It Follows
Madam Satan

Week 2: Porn Goes Mainstream
Queering Cinema and the celluloid closet
Inside 'Deep Throat'
American Pie
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Velvet Goldmine

Week 3: Cult Film, sexploitation
But I'm a Cheerleader!
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Week 4: Sex, Violence and Politics
Maternal Sexuality
A Promising Young Woman
The Lost Daughter
The Piano Teacher

Week 5: Debates around Obscenity
Shortbus

Please note that this course requires in-person engagement for students to succeed, and it is not designed to be taken by distance. Many of the twelve films shown in our in-person screening sessions will not be able to be sourced by students offsite, and students are required to be present and contribute in person to fulfil participation requirements. Lectures and workshops have a strong discussion component. ECHO recordings of lectures are offered as study resources, and are not a replacement for consistent in-person attendance.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $799.00

International fee $3,600.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 20 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Humanities .

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