広域英語圏文化論[イギリス研究コース]

Week 1 Introduction: No film Week 2 Key terms for film analysis: Reading: "Columbia Film Language Glossary" Week 3 Settler Australian haunting: Film "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (dir. Peter Weir) Week 4 Settler Australian haunting: Film "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (dir. Peter Weir) Week 5 The road movie and Australian space: Film "Mad Max" (dir. George Miller) Week 6 The road movie and Australian space: Film "Mad Max" (dir. George Miller) Week 7 Australian truth-telling and frontier violence: Film "The Tracker" (dir. Rolfe de Heer) Week 8 Australian truth-telling and frontier violence: Film "The Tracker" (dir. Rolfe de Heer) Week 9 Indigenous comedy and Australian reconciliation: Film "Bran Nue Dae" (dir. Rachel Perkins) Week 10 Indigenous comedy and Australian reconciliation: Film "Bran Nue Dae" (dir. Rachel Perkins) Week 11 Australian myths and memes: Film "Australia" (dir. Baz Luhrmann) Week 12 Australian myths and memes: Film "Terror Nullius" (dir. Soda Jerk) Week 13 Review and final assessment: No film

This course employs an interactive lecture format, based on a screening of the film for discussion, a presentation from the teacher outlining the topic, and then open discussion with the full class. Questions and contributions from students are encouraged. Students are expected to also source the films for viewing outside class, through streaming services or DVDs. Through discussion, the students' own analysis of the films becomes central and the challenges of encountering a different culture's cinema history can be shared. Students will have an opportunity to develop oral communication skills, including listening and speaking, in a group environment in which ideas can be shared, tested and explored. Class workshops will help students complete the assessment tasks. Challenges and questions will be answered, and students will learn how to contribute to constructive discussion."

This course has three assessment tasks, which enable progressive engagement with the course content over the semester. 1.Quiz on film studies terms. Worth: 20% This short quiz tests students on their knowledge of a few selected key terms to describe the technical and production aspects of films. It asks students to learn these terms from the Columbia Film Language Glossary, introduced in the second week of classes. Knowledge of key terms enables students to understand how films are constructed and to analyse how they work as texts. The short quiz will be available through the LMS-ICT as an open-book test, but answers must be in students’ own words. 2.Comparative task 1: Report. Length: 700-1000 words. Worth: 30% This task requires students to complete a short report comparing the first two films set for study – Picnic at Hanging Rock and Mad Max. These two very different films provide contrasting views of the Australian landscape and of Australian gender identities, and students are asked to describe and explore their differences. This short report can be completed in point form or in connected prose paragraphs. Further guidance will be provided during semester. 3.Comparative task 2: Essay. Length: 1500-2000 words. Worth: 50% This task asks for a more developed comparative analysis of two of the paired films from the second half of the course. Students can choose which pair of films to analyse, in response to topical questions drawn from the lectures and class discussions. These questions will be available during semester time. This task encourages more detailed and substantial engagement with the films set for study, as well as analysis employing key terms and ideas from film studies. The task is an essay, so it requires longer-form writing using developed and connected paragraphs, and research referencing where appropriate. Grades will be based on: Evidence of engagement with and critical thinking in relation to topics • Close engagement with the texts • Accuracy in use of material and evidence • Rigour and consistency in argumentation • Writing and expression • Scholarly referencing and presentation

Jonathan Rayner "Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction" Manchester University Press

Kelly McWilliam and Mark David Ryan, "Australian Genre Film," Routledge Susan Barber, "The Australian Film Revival: The 1970s, 1980s and Beyond," Bloomsbury Tom O'Regan, "Australian National Cinema," Routledge

The course is taught in English and all required readings, viewing and materials are in English. Students will be expected to view films, read, write and speak in English. Language learning and further development of language skills are key aims.

This course does not presume any familiarity with Australia. No experience of Australia is needed. The course provides an introduction to Australian cinema and films are screened in their original language. Subtitles may be used where appropriate. While the films may be screened in class, students are expected to also source the films to view in their own time, including for assessment tasks, whether through the university libraries, private streaming services or through buying DVDs.