2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FILM2015 Women’s Authorship in World Cinema

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr Priyanka Singh
Email: p.verma@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the questions, theories, and controversies that have informed critical and theoretical debates on women’s film authorship. How have women directors represented the identity of women on-screen, in a variety of national and historical contexts? How have these representations challenged dominant trends and traditions within the history of world cinema? What critical approaches have been used to theorise films made by – and about - women? How does the question of women's authorship link to further questions related to class, race/ethnicity, decolonisation, and intersectionality?

Objectives

There are two central aims of this module. Firstly, it will introduce students to a range of films shot by women directors from around the world. Secondly, it will encourage students to examine debates surrounding women’s film authorship and the representation of women on-screen, using a variety of critical approaches.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the questions, theories and controversies that have informed scholarship on women’s film authorship
2. Demonstrate an ability to analyse the meanings and messages conveyed by a film in relation to the question of women’s authorship
3. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of women’s authorship as a global and interconnected film phenomenon
4. Place debates about women’s film authorship within a variety of historical, social, cultural, and industrial contexts
5. Undertake research and communicate this research effectively in seminar discussions and written assignments

Skills outcomes
Analysis of film form, contextual film analysis, comparative film analysis

Syllabus

The module will begin by introducing students to the critical and theoretical debates on women’s film authorship as well as the Eurocentric dominance of Film Studies as a discipline.
The module will then be devoted to weekly case studies. The case studies will further develop students’ understanding of debates surrounding the question of women’s film authorship in various national contexts, and according to various critical approaches.
Typical approaches and themes will include the following:
• Feminist film theory
• Intersectionality
• Postcolonial desire
• Decolonisation
• Globalisation
• Ethics and human rights

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored via the weekly seminars, which provide feedback at the point of learning. Whilst summative, the first assessment (literature review) will provide feedback that can be implemented in the second assessment (essay).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	2000-word essay	70.00
Literature Review	1500-word Literature review	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 08/08/2024

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