Be a more critical consumer of media with requisite knowledge and skills.To describe some of the major conventions and concerns of the chosen genre and its history.The course is divided into screenings and seminar discussions. ![]() Students are required to read/listen/watch critically and class sessions will be structured as seminars where student engagement is essential. ![]() Students will deconstruct the texts using a variety of critical lenses, including class, race, gender, sexuality, and disability.Įach student will work on a paired final research paper and genre specific creative project that expresses their individual voice and perspective, that involves careful research and a critical understanding of the course material. The course is designed to provide an understanding of, and an ability to analyze and evaluate chosen media texts, from the perspective of genre, where each iteration of the course will focus on a chosen genre focus of the instructor. ![]() This course aims to investigate key theoretical aspects of film, television and/or other media in relation to the question of "genre." The course will primarily examine genre in three ways: 1) as an industrial category used for marketing purposes 2) as a system of narrative and audiovisual codes and 3) as a contract between mediamaker and audience to deliver certain negotiated and contested expectations. COURSE NAME: " Media and Genre: Queer Cinema"
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