Academic Year/course:
2023/24
416 - Degree in English
27827 - Film Analysis II
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
27827 - Film Analysis II
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
Second semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
This module aims to further develop students' skills in analyzing audiovisual texts and their critical thinking abilities, building upon the work done in module 27806. Students will be provided with analytical tools to explore formal, narrative, and discursive aspects, as well as cultural, identity, and ideological issues.
Minimum recommended English level to take this course: C1.1. Attendance and active participation in classes, as well as completion of assigned tasks, are highly recommended.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/), so the acquisition of learning outcomes in this course will contribute to the achievement of Goals 4, 5, 10, 16, and 17 to some extent.
2. Learning results
• The student identifies basic and specialized concepts, as well as the necessary tools for formal and ideological analysis of audiovisual texts, using appropriate terminology.
• Understands, identifies, analyzes, and interprets different formal aspects of English-language audiovisual texts at a specialized level.
• Develops, expresses, exchanges personal ideas about formal and ideological aspects of English audiovisual texts at a C1.1 level according to the CEFR.
• Takes an interpretive stance and conveys it verbally in English at a C1.1 level.
• Listens to, assimilates, and challenges peers' opinions on a specific aspect of the text.
• Writes academic essays in English on various formal and ideological aspects of audiovisual texts, adopting a coherent and specialized interpretive stance.
• Adopts a critical and reflective stance towards the proliferation of audiovisual media in the society they live in, recognizing the provisional nature of the interpretive work of critics and viewers.
3. Syllabus
1. Film and narration
2. Narrators
3. Focalization and point of view
4. Performance
4. Academic activities
Theoretical sessions: Presentation of formal aspects necessary for interpreting audiovisual texts.
Practical sessions: Individual and group work, film commentary and debates, analysis and guided supervision of selected film excerpts.
Individual and/or group tutorials: Individual guidance and participatory group dynamics. Guidance on academic essay writing and revision of the essays submitted.
Viewing and analysis of mandatory audiovisual texts and completion of the corresponding essays and assignments.
Individual study and work: Reading/viewing of mandatory bibliography or audiovisual materials.
Theoretical-practical assessment tests.
5. Assessment system
First official examination session
The module will be assessed through a global exam consisting of an individual written exam that includes:
• Part 1: Questions about the mandatory readings (30%)
• Part 2: A short academic essay on one of the mandatory films, responding to a specific analytical concept (800-1,000 words) (70%).
Depending on variables such as the number of students per group, a continuous assessment system will be proposed for those students who attend classes regularly. This system will include:
a) Four written essays (600 words) during the semester (60%).
b) Assignments on the mandatory readings specified at the beginning of the semester (30%).
c) Class participation (10%).
Second official examination session
A global exam of the same characteristics described above.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ALL TASKS/EXAMS
The following aspects will be assessed:
1. Ability to analyze and understand the specific formal aspects of audiovisual texts.
2. Argumentative ability, organization, and clarity of exposition.
3. Proficiency in English at a C1.1 level.
4. In the case of the essays, maturity and originality of the argument.