MEVIT3529 – Audiovisual Media Temporalities: Temporality in Films, Series, Games and Social Media
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
What do we know and what do we not know about time and temporality?
The course Audiovisual Media Temporalities: Temporality in Films, Series, Games and Social Media is a theoretical and analytical inquiry into different audiovisual media temporalities.
"What is time?", Saint Augustine asked in his Confessions. "Who can explain this easily and briefly? Who can comprehend this even in thought so as to articulate the answer in words? Yet what do we speak of, in our familiar everyday conversation, more than of time? We surely know what we mean when we speak of it. We also know what is meant when we hear someone else talking about it. What then is time? Provided that no one asks me, I know. If I want to explain it to an inquirer, I do not know."
These questions and observations made about 1600 years ago are seemingly timeless, still of relevance to our contemporary understanding of time and temporality. In this course, we ask ourselves what kinds of times and temporalities are found in films, series, games and social media, and explore particular audiovisual media texts through theoretically informed close analyses.
In order to suggest answers to such questions, we will look at and listen attentively and analytically to audiovisual media texts, such as The Simpsons, Twin Peaks: The Return, Joachim Trier’s "Oslo Trilogy" (Reprise, Oslo, August 31, The Worst Person in the World), and Facebook.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Look at and listen attentively and analytically to audiovisual media texts
- Describe different temporalities of films, series, games and social media using proper terminology
- Know and use temporal concepts, such as memory, nostalgia, past, present, future, real-time, right-time, and still
- Analyse and interpret temporalities in and around particular audiovisual media texts, such as The Simpsons, Twin Peaks: The Return, Joachim Trier’s "Oslo Trilogy" (Reprise, Oslo, August 31, The Worst Person in the World), and Facebook.
- Write a theoretical and/or analytical essay on audiovisual media temporalities
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Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with MEVIT4529 – Audiovisual Media Temporalities: Temporality in Films, Series, Games and Social Media.
Teaching
The course is organized as block teaching, 4 hours x 7.
Examination
Three day take-home exam.
The exam paper should consist of 10 pages, +/- 10%. The front page, bibliography, any appendices and pictures (if any) will not be counted. Each page should be about 2300 characters without spaces.
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Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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