LFU:online

• Students have a basic knowledge of methods of critical media analysis, as well as a broad theoretical overview of best practices for media analysis.         
• Students can utilize key terms from film and television analysis (eg: genre, gaze, frame, lighting, editing, set design, sound design, mise-en-scène), visual art analysis (eg: light/shadow, foreground/background, perspective, composition, texture, tone), literary analysis (eg: narrative voice, descriptive language, character, plot), and new media studies (eg: hypertext, forms of interactivity).
• Students can apply their knowledge of media analysis independently, by analyzing specific works as well as comparing and contrasting works across media. 
• Students can describe major topics in the theoretical field of queer cultural studies. 

This course provides an introduction to major themes in queer cultural studies. Readings include theorizations of performativity, (dis)identification, community and counterpublics, queer temporalities, and queer ecologies. Genres examined include the graphic novel, documentary film, and feature film as well as visual art and drag performance. Students learn and apply methods for analyzing works of media to identify purpose, point of view, intended audience, and ideological critique. 

Short lectures to introduce theoretical content and methodological practices, preparatory reading/viewing, in-class discussion, academic writing 

Active class participation, final essay

Materials include graphic novel excerpts, documentary film, feature film, visual art, and videos of drag performances. Specific content will be announced in the first lesson.

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