Undergraduate Course: Foreignness and Otherness in Transnational Cinema (LLLG07064)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to the key concepts of 'Otherness' and foreignness in transnational cinema. We will explore how ¿Otherness¿ is portrayed in the cinemas of selected conflict and post-conflict zones, and in mainstream Hollywood. The overarching goal is to think of cinema as refracting ideologies and local politics, and to approach cultural representations of foreignness and otherness from a transnational critical perspective. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
¿ Understand concepts of otherness and foreignness
¿ Describe different concepts of otherness and foreignness in different national cinemas
¿ Explain how the cinematic perceptions of ¿foreign Others¿ are connected with specific cultural and ideological contexts
¿ Discuss such representations from a transnational perspective
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Martine Pierquin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1182
Email: m.pierquin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)50 3943
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk |
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