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Film Studies
St. Patrick's Building 423
Telephone: 520-2342
Fax: 520-3575
E-mail: filmgrad@carleton.ca
The School
Director, Bryan Gillingham
Supervisor of Graduate Studies, George McKnight
The School for Studies in Art and Culture offers a program of study
and research leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Film Studies. This
is a disciplinary M.A. with emphasis upon 1) the conceptual issues
current in the field, and 2) the problematics of various national
cinemas and other practices.
The program will develop in students a broadly based expertise in the
discipline. The study of Canadian cinema is given a high priority, but
provision is also made for the study of other national cinemas, as well
as for the study of other traditions outside the mainstream, such as women's
cinemas, post-colonial cinemas, and minority and regional practices.
Most work in the program is on the feature fiction film and its institutional
foundations as an object of study. However, in line with the expertise
of members of faculty, the study of other film forms like documentary,
animation, experimental film and video is a necessary part of the course
offerings.
Questions of critical and historical method and problems of theory
inform all of the courses in the program. This conceptual emphasis is in
line with the central developments in Film Studies as a discipline over
the past twenty-five years.
NOTE: See Cultural Mediations for our new doctoral program.
Qualifying-Year Program
Applicants who lack an Honours degree, but who have a 3 year degree in
Film Studies or a related discipline with a minimum standing of B+,
may be admitted to a qualifying-year program. Students who complete the
qualifying-year requirements with high honours standing or better will
be considered for admission to the master's program. The regulations governing
the qualifying-year are outlined in the general section of this calendar
(see p.50).
Master of Arts
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirement for admission to the Master's program in either
a full-time or part-time capacity is a B.A. (Honours) or the equivalent
in Film Studies or a related discipline with high honours standing. Related
disciplines might include Mass Communication, Art History, Literature,
Canadian Studies, Women's Studies, and History. Applicants without a background
in Film Studies may be required to take a maximum of two full credits from
designated courses in the undergraduate Film Studies program in addition
to their normal M.A. program requirements.
Program Requirements
The specific program requirements for students in the M.A. program are
as follows:
* 1.0 core credit required
* 2.0 additional credits
* Thesis (equivalent to 2.0 credits)
* Total of 5.0 credits required
In choosing the two additional credits beyond the core seminar and the
thesis, students may take 0.5 credit outside the Film Studies program subject
to the approval of the Graduate Supervisor.
Because of the strong conceptual demands of the program and the expectation
that students be able to synthesize ideas in a substantial piece of written
work, the research essay option will not be available in partial fulfillment
of the requirements of the degree.
Deadlines
Normally, full-time students should complete their course work by the end
of the second term, and part-time students by the end of the fifth term.
Thesis Proposal
Students will normally submit a detailed thesis proposal to the thesis
proposal committee no later than March 1 of the first year of registration
for students enrolled full-time and no later than the middle of the fifth
term of registration for students enrolled part-time.
Language Requirements
A reading knowledge of French (or another language approved by the Film
Studies Graduate Supervisor) is required.
Academic Standing
A standing of B- or better must be obtained in each course counted
towards the master's degree.
Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an
up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2000-2001, please consult
the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published
in the summer.
F,W,S indicates term of offering. Courses offered in the fall and winter
are followed by T. The number following the letter indicates the credit
weight of the course: 1 denotes 0.5 credit, 2 denotes 1.0 credit, etc.
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Film Studies 19.500T2
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Directions in Film Theory and Film
History
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This course is intended to acquaint students with recent developments in
film theory and history. Topics may include spectatorship, identity, gender,
cultural studies, fan cultures, performance, reception theory, formation
of taste, discourse analysis, historical method, and concepts of national
and transnational cinemas.
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Film Studies 19.501F1, W1, S1
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Directed Readings and Research
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Tutorials designed to permit students to pursue research on topics in Film
Studies which have been chosen in consultation with members of faculty.
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Film Studies 19.502F1 or W1
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Special Topics
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This course offers selected topics in film studies not available in the
regular course program.
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Film Studies 19.515F1 or W1
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Changing Practices
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This course looks at traditional and recent developments in non-feature
film forms such as documentary, newsreel, experimental film, video and
television. The aesthetic particulars, which distinguish these forms from
the fiction feature film, and their social and cultural roles are examined.
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Film Studies 19.521F1 or W1
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Topics in European Cinema
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Some aspect of European cinema - a particular period, movement, style,
genre, narrative development or co-production practice - is the focus of
this course. Emphasis will be upon the problematic concept of a national
cinema in the light of current debates about nation-ness
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Film Studies 19.522F1 or W1
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Cinemas of the America
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This course examines one or more of the cinemas of the United States, the
Caribbean, Latin America and Brazil. A particular period, movement, style,
genre, narrative development, some relationship between these cinemas or
the problematic concept of a national cinema may be dealt with.
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Film Studies 19.524F1 or W1
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Cultural Mediations
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This course examines the processes of mediation that operate between mainstream
and alternative, independent or marginal film industries and practices.
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Film Studies 19.528F1 or W1
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Historical Traditions in Canadian Cinema
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Selected aspects of the history of cinema in Canada are the focus of this
course. Emphasis is placed upon the role that institutional bodies, government
policies, economic decisions, aesthetic traditions, and related cultural
practices have had on the history of Canadian cinema.
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Film Studies 19.529F1 or W1
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Critical Perspectives on Canadian Cinema
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This course examines current critical approaches to Canadian film. Attention
will be given to the influence of Canadian and foreign cultural theory
and criticism on film studies in Canada.
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Film Studies 19.541F1 or W1
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Studies in Authorship
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This course offers detailed attention to the work of one or two filmmakers,
with a concern for recent ideas about the concept of authorship and the
formation of artistic and critical reputations.
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Film Studies 19.550F1 or W1
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Advanced Film Analysis
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This course examines issues and approaches to the detailed analysis of
particular film texts. Work in narratology, hermeneutics, discourse analysis,
psychoanalysis, deconstruction and semiotics will provide the methodological
background to the study of individual films.
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Film Studies 19.551F1 or W1
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Gender and Cinema
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The social production and reproduction of gender and gender relations through
the cinema and its representations are examined in this course. The consequences
of this work for feminist, gay and lesbian film practices and politics
form an important part of the course.
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Film Studies 19.561F1 or W1
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Studies in Genre
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The theory and practice of film genres will be the object of study in this
course.
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Film Studies 19.571F1 or W1
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Topics in Animation
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Institutional histories, the work of individual animators, modes of production,
and the social function of animation represent topics to be covered by
this course.
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Film Studies 19.590F1 or W1
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Cinema and Modernism
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This course examines cinema's relationship to the history and theory of
modernism. The concerns of classical film theory, the emergence of avant-garde,
modernist film practices, and film's relationship to other twentieth-century
art forms represent areas of study in this course.
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Film Studies 19.591F1 or W1
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Cinema and the Postmodern
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An examination of cinema's relationship to the history and theory of postmodern
cultural practices in performance art, video, multimedia, architecture,
literature, music, and other examples of artistic postmodernism is the
focus of this course.
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Film Studies 19.599
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M.A. Thesis
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