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Paper 204: Contemporary Western Theories and Film Studies

Unit 1: Derrida and Deconstruction 

Unit 2: Queer Theory, Eco-Criticism, Feminism, Marxism 

Unit 3: Digital Humanities 

Unit 4: Film Studies: Michael Ryan ‘An Introduction to Criticism: Literature/Film/Culture 

Unit 1: Derrida and Deconstruction 

• Reading Resources:

  • Derrida's concept of decentering the center / supplimentarity / Free play of meaning

  • Difference between structuralism and poststructuralism

  • The Problem of Defining Deconstruction

  • Background to Deconstruction: Heidegger and Saussure

  • Derrida and Heidegger

  • DifferAnce

  •  Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences

  • The Yale School of Deconstruction 

  • The Influence of Deconstruction

  • Saussure Simplified

  • Video Resources:

  • Playlist of 7 Short Video Lessons

  • Example of 'Deconstructive Reading of a Poem'

  • Playlist of Video Recordings of Teaching in Mixed Mode

  • Questions

  • Online Test: Check your understanding

Unit 2: Queer Theory, Eco-Criticism, Feminism, Marxism 

• Feminist Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Queer Theory / Lesbian-Gay Criticism

• Ecocriticism

• Questions

• Online Quiz: Check your understanding

Unit 3: Digital Humanities 

• Introduction to Digital Humanities | Amity University | Video Recording

• A Pedagogical Shift from Text to #Hypertext: Language & Literature to the Digital Natives

• What is Digital Humanities? What's it doing in English Department?

• Introduction to Digital Humanities: edX Harvard University

• Generative Literature: Principles and Processes

• Generate a Poem!

• What is E-Lit? (Electronic Literature)

• Can a Computer write a poetry?

• Take a text - Is this poem written by a human or a computer?

• CLiC - Dickens Project

• CLiC - Activity Book

• Literary Criticism in the age of information: Digital Humanities

• Digital Technologies for Research in Humanities

• On Digital Humanities - Kutch University, Bhuj | Audio Podcast

• Article | Research Prospects in Digital Humanities and Cyberspace Textuality

• Questions - DH

• Online Quiz - Check your understanding

Unit 4: Film Studies:

Film Studies: Major Ideas, Major Terms, Summary and Analysis

Examples: 

1. Article 15 - Film Reviews

2. Jallikattu - Film Review

3. Pinter's Birthday Party: The Film and the Play - Harriet and Irving Deer

4. Study of Frames / Slates

5. Study of Frames and Clips (Rockstar, Jallikattu, Masaan, Dear Zindagi, Gullyboy, Sky in Pink)

6. Montage: Film Technique - How to analyze it?

7. Top 10 Best Montages of all time (video)

8. Dan Harmon's Story Circle

9. Questions - Film Studies

10. Quiz: Take your understanding