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'''Blount 301 Understanding and Deconstructing TV''' is a seminar taught in the Blount Program by [[wikipedia:User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]].
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'''Blount 301 Understanding and Deconstructing TV''' is a seminar taught in the [https://blount.as.ua.edu/ Blount Scholars Program] by [[wikipedia:User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]], professor emeritus, the University of Alabama.
  
 
== Course objectives ==
 
== Course objectives ==
  
The online syllabus is over here ('''Fall 2019'''): [http://bit.ly/j311f19 bit.ly/j311f19]
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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.
  
 
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== Texts & resources ==
 
== Texts & resources ==

Revision as of 23:17, 13 December 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

Texts & resources

Books

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

Companion Website

Articles and book chapters