IBERIAN & LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA (FM3078)

Offers an overview of the 'Iberian and Latin American New Wave': a group of national cinemas exploring contemporary societies of Latin America and the Iberian peninsula. Assesses how films problematize political and cultural issues such as dictatorial pasts, post-modern capitalist democracy, negotiating gender, sexual and racial identities in phallocentric post-colonial societies. The course is structured around screenings and class lectures/seminars.

Code:

FM3078

Name:

IBERIAN & LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA

Discipline:

FM (Film)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Learning Outcomes

be able to analyze films as conveyors of several levels of meaning
be able to think critically about ways in which filmic narratives and forms contribute to the understanding of the cultures and history of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America
be able to use film to investigate such concerns and discover the unique contribution that films make to critical inquiry into Iberian and Latin American cultures and identities

IBERIAN & LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA (FM3078)

Learning Outcomes

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