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== Course objectives ==
 
== Course objectives ==
  
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Students will learn to:
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#Dissect TV narrative and non-narrative structures;
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#Understand how stylistic elements (e.g., cinematography; set, lighting, and costume design; editing) have an impact on our understanding of TV; and
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#Evaluate theories and critical methods applied to the understanding of television.
  
 
== Online study guides ==
 
== Online study guides ==

Revision as of 19:48, 14 August 2020

Blount 301 Understanding and Deconstructing TV is a seminar taught in the Blount Scholars Program by Jeremy Butler, professor emeritus, the University of Alabama.

Course objectives

Students will learn to:

  1. Dissect TV narrative and non-narrative structures;
  2. Understand how stylistic elements (e.g., cinematography; set, lighting, and costume design; editing) have an impact on our understanding of TV; and
  3. Evaluate theories and critical methods applied to the understanding of television.

Online study guides

Chronological order

List of discussion notes

Category:BUI301 Discussion

Study groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Texts & resources

Books

  • Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture.

Companion Website

Articles and book chapters