This module builds on the work of Isms 1 and introduces you to further key concepts, theories and ideas that have shaped, influenced or inspired the production, consumption and criticism/interpretation of art and culture over the last 150-200 years.


You will get to examine a range of ‘isms’ in terms of ideologies and/or artistic and intellectual movements, along with selected styles and movements across a range of art forms and media. You will study a range of fictional and critical texts across different contexts, genres and media (e.g. drama, film, literature) to develop an understanding of the relationship between ‘theory’ and practice’ and/or how to use critical ‘tools’ to analyse and/or create your own and/or others’ work.


Examples may include:


‘Identity’: Gender Studies, Sexuality

‘Everyone’s a Critic’: ‘auteur theory’; reviews (literature, theatre, film); literary criticism; semiotics

‘Here and Now’: Neo-Liberalism; Neo-Colonialism; Ecocriticism; Posthumanism

Indicative artefacts and works below:

‘Identity’: Butler, Gender Trouble;

‘Everyone’s a Critic’: Cahiers du Cinéma; Kael, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Fisher, How to Write about Theatre

‘Here and Now’: The Global Studies Reader, The Posthuman Glossary, Supplanting the Postmodern: an anthology of writings on the arts and culture of the early 21st century


You will continue to receive academic and study skills throughout this module.

ASSESSMENT 1: [Los 1,2,3,4,5]


The presentation will be a critical response to the topics of each semester responding to an enquiry question.


The form could also be a negotiated equivalent dependent on your learning preference, such as a:


Vlog

podcast

Essay

Audio/Visual essay

Creative Writing response.

Or other negotiated assignment in consultation with the module tutor(s) and part of your learning agreement.

Individually assessed.

Students will be introduced via in-person and/or online sessions to the key ideas, movements, texts, and practitioners via workshops, readings, mini- and maxi-lectures, discussions, screenings and practical explorations.

This work will contribute to the assessed project portfolios.

1. Develop an appreciation of the relationship between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ in creative and/or critical work

2. Identify the key features of artistic and intellectual movements and/or texts from the c19th-c21st

3. Interpret a range of texts from a variety of critical perspectives

4. Express analysis, interpretation and evaluation of a range of texts via an appropriate medium or format

5. Consider the role ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ play in your own creative and critical work

Mixed mode teaching spaces with AV

VLE

Library and online resources (e.g. BoB)

Braidotti, R. (2008). The Posthuman Glossary. Bloomsbury.

Butler, J. (2006). Gender Trouble. Routledge.

Di Sica, V. (2016). Bicycle Thieves. Criterion Collection.

Fisher, M. (2015). How to Write about Theatre. Bloomsbury.

Loach, K. (1966) Cathy Come Home [DVD]. BBC Films

Perec, G. (2008). A Void. Vintage Classics

Rudrum, D. (ed). (2015). Supplanting the Postmodern: an anthology of writings on the arts and culture of the early 21st century. Bloomsbury.

Shakespeare, W. (2008). The Tempest [RSC]. Red Globe Press.

Strindberg, S. (2006). Miss Julie. Bloomsbury

How did seismic shifts in in art and culture such as surrealism, feminism and ‘neo-realist’ cinema change how we make and consume stories? Studying key examples of ideas, artistic manifestos and significant works across literature, stage and screen, you will develop critical and creative skills using a variety of approaches. [50w]