University of Galway

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Semester 2 | Credits: 5

Building on FS 101 Introduction to Film Studies I: Form, FS102 will introduce students to the major issues and debates surrounding the concept of "genre" in film studies. Further to this, by adopting Hollywood cinema as its focal point, this module will provide students with an overview of the generic conventions of individual films by focusing on a different film genre each week. By the end of the module students should be able to demonstrate the ability to categorise and evaluate genre films according to accepted generic conventions. They should, in addition, demonstrate an understanding of notions of genre hybridity within individual films and a comprehension of the key debates surrounding genre theory.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. tbc
Assessments
  • Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility" by John Mercer, Martin Shingler
    ISBN: 1904764029.
    Publisher: Wallflower Press
  2. "The war film" by edited and with an introduction by Robert Eberwein
    ISBN: 0813534968.
    Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  3. "The last great American picture show" by edited by Thomas Elsaesser, Alexander Horwath and Noel King
    ISBN: 9789053564936.
    Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
  4. "What is cinema?" by by Andr?e Bazin; foreword by Jean Renoir; new forward by Dudley Andrew; essays selected and translated by Hugh Gray
    ISBN: 0520242289.
    Publisher: University of California Press
  5. "Only entertainment" by Richard Dyer
    ISBN: 0415254965.
    Publisher: Routledge
  6. "Film genre reader II" by edited by Barry Keith Grant
    ISBN: 029272778X.
    Publisher: University of Texas Press
  7. "Film noir reader" by edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini
    ISBN: 0879101970.
    Publisher: Limelight Editions
  8. "Film noir reader" by edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini
    ISBN: 0879101970.
    Publisher: Limelight Editions
  9. "Film noir reader 2" by edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini
    ISBN: 0879102802.
    Publisher: Limelight Editions
  10. "Film noir reader 2" by edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini
    ISBN: 0879102802.
    Publisher: Limelight Editions
  11. "The Oxford guide to film studies" by edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson; consultant editors, Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen
    ISBN: 0198711158.
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
  12. "Science fiction film" by J. P. Telotte
    ISBN: 0521596475.
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  13. "The Cinema Book" by Pam Cook (Editor)
    ISBN: 9781844571925.
    Publisher: British Film Institute
  14. "Film art" by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson
    ISBN: 9780073535067.
    Publisher: McGraw Hill
The above information outlines module FS102: "Introduction to Film Studies 2: 'Classical Hollywood Cinema'" and is valid from 2015 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.