Estudios Norteamericanos (Conjunto con UAH)

Máster. Curso 2023/2024.

CULTURAS VISUALES ESTADOUNIDENSES - 608556

Curso Académico 2023-24

Datos Generales

SINOPSIS

COMPETENCIAS

Generales
CG1 - Students will acquire deeper and more specific knowledge of the disciplines inherent to North American Studies.
CG2 - Students will be able to use the preparation acquired as a resource and reference model through which to adequately resolve theoretical and practical issues related to the different areas of specialization that are achieved through the itineraries suggested in the program. formative of this title.
CG3 - Students will be able to learn in a continuous, autonomous and self-directed way, developing new approaches and analytical methods within North American Studies.
CG4 - Students will learn about the most recent innovations in the field of North American Studies.
CG5 - Students will acquire the necessary skills to carry out a research project.
CG6 - Students will apply theoretical and analytical contributions from different fields of knowledge in favor of the same scientific objective during their participation in the sessions, through work groups, in written works and in their TFM.
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
Específicas
CE1 - Students will be able to question the validity of relativistic assertions about American idiosyncrasy.
CE2 - Students will be able to discern the different milestones of North American political and cultural history both in their dyschrony and in their synchrony.
CE3 - Students will be able to carry out a research work with an adequate structure, clear writing, solid argumentation and respecting all the rules of citation and relationship of sources typical of this type of work and assimilating the theories or opinions presented in others. studies on the topic.
CE5 - Students will have the ability to interpret and evaluate all types of current American texts (press, advertising, reports, communications, texts of a scientific or economic nature, ideological, historical, literary texts, etc.) revealing their ideology, their objectives, and its function.
CE6 - Students will have a global vision of transatlantic cultural, political and historical relations from the creation of New England to the present day.
CE7 - Students will be able to make inter and multidisciplinary approaches to American cultural constructs, regardless of their nature.

ACTIVIDADES DOCENTES

Clases teóricas
20%
Clases prácticas
40%
Exposiciones
20%
Presentaciones
20%
TOTAL
100%

Presenciales

1,5

No presenciales

3,5

Semestre

1

Breve descriptor:

This course aims to analyze and explore in depth the role played by the various visual representations unique to the realm of industrial modernity (film, photography, TV) in the American context. The course is oriented to identify the elements that constitute the American identity of these cultures, while trying to understand how these images contribute to fix and, if necessary, alter the American identity. Issues such as the construction of the image and its narrative meaning, its influence on the historical context (and vice versa), as well as the processes that lead to establish the cultural meaning of the image in the North American context will be the main objectives of the course. It will include the study, mainly, of cinematographic works in the context of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Requisitos

General admission requirements for the master's degree

Objetivos

1) to expand students' knowledge of the construction of narrative and cultural meaning of the image in the North American context;

2) develop students' competence in the tasks of searching for, organizing, analyzing, and selectively using information from different sources on visual cultural history in the USA; 

3) to develop their competence in the preparation and delivery of various types of oral presentations; 

4) develop their proficiency in preparing and presenting various types of written work related to the history of immigration and ethnic diversity in the U.S.; 5) develop their proficiency in handling the history of immigration and ethnic diversity in the U.S; 

5) develop proficiency in the handling of sources, research methods, and historiography relevant to this topic.

Contenido

This course will focus primarily (but not exclusively) on the history, genres, current status, and formal analysis and cultural interpretation of North American film narratives. It will try to offer students models and tools for the formal analysis and cultural interpretation of these narratives, raising questions such as: How are these texts constructed? What is its operation? How have they evolved? What cultural goals do they pursue? How can they connect to broader themes and aspects of American studies?
 
I Introduction: History(s) of the film text
II Visual industry and the visual culture of the industry
III North American Cinema I: Iconic Visions
IV North American Cinema II: Cultural resistance
V North American Cinema III: Reviewing the canon
VI New Media?: TV, Video, Digital Image

Evaluación

The evaluation will be based on attendance, class participation, participation in virtual campus, oral and written work in groups or individuals.

Bibliografía

Armes, Roy. Film and Reality. New York: Penguin, 1999 [6th ed].
Brooker, Peter and Will Brooker, eds. Postmodern After-Images: A Reader in Film, Television and Video. London: Arnold, 2000 [2nd ed.]
Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film.  W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2002 [4th Ed].
Pilling, Jayne ed. A Reader in Animation Studies. London: Libbely, 2000.
Renov, Michael. Theorizing Documentary. New York: Routledge, 1993.
Schatz, Thomas. Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking and the Studio System. New York: Random House, 2000 [5th ed.]
Stam, Robert. Subversive Pleasures: Bakhtin, Cultural Criticism and Film. Baltimore: Jons Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Otra información relevante

The information on this sheet does not replace the subject program, which is the document where activities, material, readings and thematic content will be specified.

During the first week of in-person class, this program will be delivered in the classroom, and will also be available on the subject's virtual campus.

Estructura

MódulosMaterias
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Grupos

Clases teóricas y/o prácticas
GrupoPeriodosHorariosAulaProfesor
Grupo T13/09/2023 - 21/12/2023MIÉRCOLES 15:00 - 18:00A-22AEDUARDO VALLS OYARZUN