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enclitic tracts contents Tracts A Journal of Film and Cultural Studies is published four times a year on an irregular basis and is a nonprofit publication Editorial and Business Office 4227 Esplan. HUPRGH57526V57347HQWKXVLDVWLF57347HQGRUVHPHQW57347RI RQ573475736557526V57347IODJVKLS57347DUWV57347VKRZ brPage 18br 18 Issue February 2014 57523W57526V57347UHDOO57347JUHDW57347WR57347VHH57347D57347PRYLH57347WKDW57347GRHVQ57526W W57526V57347QRW 573645 Azur. et . Asmar. Michel Ocelot . His fourth animated feature film. His first . Kirikou et la sorci. è. re. (1998) was a great success (. Kirikou. effect in France). Azur et Asmar . also set partly in Africa. Studies. Film . Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. Vince Gilligan. Bad . Boy. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. Whedon. Dr. David Lavery. Fall 2014. PH 308, M 600-900. . . Special Topics in Film Studies: Joss . Whedon. . . Special Topics in Film Studies: Joss . Whedon. Buffy Summers. Killed In: . Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. I. Defining Cultural Studies. “Culture” is hard to define and so is “cultural studies”. It is not so much a discrete approach as a set of practices influenced by many fields. Movies vs. Television. July 25, 2013. ENGL 6750/7750 Film Studies. Movies vs. TV:. . MCabe. and Mrs. Miller. . (Robert Altman, 1971). . versus . Deadwood. . (HBO, . 2004-2006). Movies vs. Television. Film . Theory . & Criticism. Film Studies. Literary Theory & Criticism. Film Theory & Criticism. no literary equivalent. Auteurism. Thumbnail: . Identification of the primary signatures (thematic, stylistic, geographical) of a given filmmaker, customarily the director. (but first, a brief overview of Cultural Studies). o. verview of the “Introduction” from . Film Analysis. , edited by Jeffrey Geiger, 2005, Norton Press, NYC (with some stuff from JC thrown in here and there). JC Clapp, North . Seattle College. Modernism. Modernism (about 1885-1945 or so) was interested in . the new . master narratives and that would provided truth and unity. Social, political, cultural progress was seen as inevitable and important (no stopping progress!). Cultural unity and hierarchies of values of class supported the divide between “low” and “high” art/culture. There was a clear understanding of human’s place in the world (at the top). . Critique comes in many flavors. Deep or shallow. Broad-based or narrowly focused. Directed toward production/content/social effects. Qualitative v. quantitative (Butler calls this ‘empirical’). Professional v. amateur v. scholarly. JC Clapp, North Seattle Community College. Modernism. Modernism (about 1885-1945 or so) was interested in . the new . master narratives and that would provided truth and unity. Social, political, cultural progress was seen as inevitable and important (no stopping progress!). Cultural unity and hierarchies of values of class supported the divide between “low” and “high” art/culture. There was a clear understanding of human’s place in the world (at the top). . ‟one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language” (Raymond Williams, . Keywords. ). Modernity: we no longer regard our ways of life as . unproblematically. natural, but we are conscious of our culture as . Prepared by. Sadia Mustafa . Sraboni. What is Film studies ?. Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies.. Studying Film enables you to see the world in a completely different light and develop a wide range of transferable skills for further education, work and life: . Creative Thinking. Critical Thinking .