Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Narrative and Film

• Unit Code

  CCC3211

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

Description

This unit investigates diverse narrative strategies used within particular films in conjunction with the works of literature from which they have been adapted. It explores representations of ethnicity, class, gender and place in a broad conceptual framework of cultural studies. The unit also examines the structural process of adapting a literary text to film in the context of international and Australian film industries.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Critically evaluate how issues of ethnicity, class, gender and place are represented through various narrative strategies.
2. Demonstrate an analytic understanding of different theoretical as well as popular responses to film and the novel.
3. Identify major themes and ideas in the texts from a range of theoretical narrative perspectives.

Unit Content

1. Cultural representations as expressed in literature and cinema.
2. Narrative differences between literature and film.
3. Overview of the range of film and literary genres.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Weekly film screenings, lectures and seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• ^ Shakespeare, W. (2008). Romeo and Juliet: The Oxford Shakespeare. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Note: Texts for this unit will be accompanied by films screened in class.
• ^ Jolley, E. (2009). The well. Ringwood, Australia: Penguin Books. Note: Texts for this unit will be accompanied by films screened in class. Additional texts will be provided.
• ^ Dick, P.K. (2006). A scanner darkly. New York, NY: Vintage. Note: Texts for this unit will be accompanied by films screened in class. Additional texts will be provided.
• ^ Coetzee, J.M. (2010). Disgrace. New York, NY: Vintage Classics. Note: Texts for this unit will be accompanied by films screened in class. Additional texts will be provided.
• Krebs, K. (2013). Translation and adaptation in theatre and film. Hoboken, NJ: Taylor and Francis.
• Dick, B. (2010). The anatomy of film. (6th ed.). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Constandinides, C. (2010). From film adaptation to post-celluloid adaptation. New York, NY: Continuum.
• Bordwell, D. & Thompson, K. (2013). Film art: An introduction. (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
• Limbrick, P. (2010). Making settler cinema: Film and colonial encounters in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Boozer, J. (Ed.). (2008). Authorship in film adaptation. Austin, TX.: University of Texas Press.
• Stam, R. (2000). Film theory: An introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell publishers.
• Wells-Lassagne, S. (2013). Screening text: Critical perspectives on film adaptation. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc.
• Moran, A., & Vieth, E. (2006). Film in Australia: An introduction. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

Journal References

• Cinema Papers
• Continuum: Journal of media and cultural studies
• Media international Australia: Incorporating culture and policy
• Empire magazine

Website References

• ABC www.abc.net.au/arts/film

^ Mandatory reference