AustLit
Texts
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The Talented Mr!$!Patricia Highsmith!$!Ripley!$!!$!
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V For Vendetta!$!Adrian McTiegue dir.!$! !$!!$!2005
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The Big Sleep!$!Raymond Chandler!$!!$!!$!
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y Bliss St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1981 8407782 1981 single work novel (taught in 11 units)
'For thirty-nine years Harry Joy has been the quintessential good guy. But one morning Harry has a heart attack on his suburban front lawn, and, for the space of nine minutes, he becomes a dead guy. And although he is resuscitated, he will never be the same. For, as Peter Carey makes abundantly clear in this darkly funny novel, death is sometimes a necessary prelude to real life.' (From the author's website.)
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Network!$!Lumet dir.!$! !$!!$!1976
Degrees
- Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
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Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences
- Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Arts (Languages)
- Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)
- Bachelor of International and Global Studies
- Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Laws
Description
A fundamental feature of the modern world is the predominance of media and communication technologies over older, and increasingly anachronistic, "book" cultures. This course looks at the consequences of such a shift for our sense of identity and place by focusing on translations from text to film. A principal theme will be the relations between narrative form and visual experience, with an eye always on the social contexts in which images become a form and source of power. The course will also serve as an introduction to the critical vocabulary used to understand late modern society.
Assessment
Two 1000 word essays, one oral presentation and one 2 hour exam
Supplementary Texts
Network, screenplay by P. Chayevsky
V for Vendetta, graphic novel by Alan Moore
Stephen King, The Shining
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (dir. Pollack)
Strangers on a Train (dir. Hitchcock)
Purple Noon (dir. Clement)
Bliss (dir. Ray Lawrence)
The Shining (dir. Kubrick)
Other Details
Levels:
Undergraduate
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