My primary field of study is film and other visual
media, and I’d like the opportunity to integrate film into the course as often
as I can. As opposed to production, however, I’m more interested in criticism
and analysis. This semester, I’d like to write two papers, both of which will
aim to analyze the ways in which affect functions in particular films. For the
first paper, I’d like to analyze the ways in which the films of Mike Leigh
implicitly refute the claims Tomkins makes about the agency that affect permits
in his book Shame and His Sisters (as
well as illuminating the ways in which the protagonist of Leigh’s film Naked displays melancholic affects as Freud
describes them in his paper on melancholia and mourning). I’m not sure yet what
the topic of the second paper will be, but it will almost certainly integrate
film studies in a similar way.
I would also like to be held accountable when it
comes to class discussion and participation. My goal is to participate very
frequently, and I’d like if my evaluation reflected whether or not I achieved
this learning goal.
As always, this contract remains open for
renegotiation by either party at any point over the semester.
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