School for Studies in Art and Culture: Film Studies<TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="ffffff"> <BASEFONT SIZE="3"> <H1> School for Studies in Art and Culture<BR> Film Studies </H1> <br>St. Patrick’s Building 423<BR> Telephone: 520-5606<BR> Fax: 520-3575 <HR SIZE="1"><H2> The School <BR> <B>St. Patrick’s Building 423</B> </H2><HR SIZE="1"> <br><I> </I>Director: <br> John Shepherd <br><I> Assistant Director (Film Studies): </I><br> To be announced <p>Film Studies does not offer a program of studies at the graduate level, but does offer courses at the graduate level under the aegis of the School of Canadian Studies. <HR SIZE="1"><H2> Graduate Courses<A HREF="5_FN5.htm"><SUP>*<B></SUP></A> </H2><HR SIZE="1"></B> <p><li>Film Studies 19.500T2 Direction in Film Theory and Film History A course to acquaint students with recent developments in the areas of film theory and film history. Topics covered include spectatorship, identity and gender politics, cultural studies, fan cultures, performance, reception theory, the formation of taste, the construction of audiences, discourse analysis, historical method, and the concepts of national and trans-national cinemas. <p><li>Film Studies 19.529F1 Critical Perspectives on Canadian Cinema An examination of current critical approaches to Canadian film. Attention is paid to the influence of Canadian cultural theory on thinking about cinema in Canada. Methodological issues are examined in light of the influence of foreign theory and criticism on film studies in Canada. </BODY> </HTML>