Images of Sweden - Approaches to Swedish Film and Media Culture

About this programme

This course is well suited for you who for instance are in a Master's Programme and are interested in Sweden in genereal and Moving Images/Media in Sweden in particular. This course offers perspectives to moving images in Swedish cultural and social life from the early 1900s to contemporary media experiences. While lending itself to a multitude of perspectives and approaches particular attention is given to Swedish film and television culture in relation to international developments and trends in the field, Swedish film history: as well as national, regional and transnational theory, national and international reception and different viewing contexts. The seminar will proceed by way of case studies and encounters with different scholarly approaches related to Swedish film and media culture. The course consists of a series of lectures/seminars led by the faculty of the cinema studies’ section, in line with the interdisciplinary traditions of our field and our scholars’ research interests. After completing the course, the student should be able to: - clarify and analyze, both verbally and in writing, central concepts and theories about the course's research field; - be able to translate the theories and methods of the research area in an independent scientific work. The teaching consists of: seminars, lectures and screenings. Compulsory attendance seminars, lectures and screenings. Teaching is in English. For more detailed information, please refer to the course description. Course description is available no later than one month before course start.