INI 385Y:
CANADIAN CINEMA
Course Description - 2006-2007
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| Screenings |
Mondays 2:00-4:00 pm, Innis Room 222 |
| Lectures |
Wednesday 2:00-4:00 pm, Innis Room 222 |
| Office Hours |
Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 pm, Room 224, Innis College |
This course is suitable for
Cinema Studies students, as well as for students with a background in Sociology,
History, Politics and Twentieth Century Studies. It may also be of interest
to general arts students.
INI 385Y counts towards
Specialist, Major or Minor programmes in Cinema Studies.
Course Description
The course will
survey in broad outline the history of Canadian filmmaking from the earliest
extant propaganda and sponsored film documents to the diversity of production
modes of the present day. Although "Nation" and nationalist questions
have been nodal issues in considerations of Canadian cinema, such rubrics
are coming under critical scrutiny in the current period of co-productions
and globalised culture. This course will examine the critical frameworks that
have emerged in considerations of Canadian filmmaking practice; analysis in
this courses will emphasize a combination of textual and contextual approaches.
Some attention will also be given to changing cultural policy as it has shaped
not only the film industry in Canada but also the film texts and practicioners.
Films will be screened
every week. Attendance at screenings, keeping up with assigned readings, and
participating in class discussions are essential.
Purpose of the Course
Introduction to
the history of filmmaking practice in Canada and critical analysis of Canadian
cinema.
Texts to Buy
Course Reader, fall
term only.
George Melnyk, One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema, Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 2004.
Assignments and Evaluation
Bibliography Assignment
(1st term) 25%; Xmas Test 15%; Term Paper (2nd term) 30%; Term Test (2nd term)
15%; Participation 15%.
There will be no final
examination.
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