ARAB CINEMA (FM3076)

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An exploration of the Arabic-language film as entertainment, narrative and cultural event in the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Themes include cinema in the Arabophone socio-cultural context and film-producing institutions in national and pan-Arab culture. The final project is based on either visual analysis of an Arab film or an aspect of the politics of film making in the Middle East.

Code: 
FM3076
Name: 
ARAB CINEMA
Discipline: 
FM (Film)
Type: 
GE100
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. insight into the history of film studies with reference to a particular ethno-linguistic region
  2. some background useful for eventual graduate study in film
  3. practical film-criticism skills applicable in a future career in visual media
  4. sharpened film research methods, which may include historical, textual, socio-cultural, and empirical approaches and procedures for writing and presenting a critical paper
  5. an understanding of film’s role in national and trans-national identity formation and how this process works trans-culturally