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Module UXB-1066:
Diwylliant Gweledol

Module Facts

Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

Organiser: Dr Gregory Frame

Overall aims and purpose

Bydd y modiwl hwn yn edrych ar nifer o gyfryngau gweledol gan archwilio testunau unigol yn ogystal ac edrych ar y sefydliadau sy'n eu cynhyrchu, a'r cyd-destun cymdeithasol a gwleidyddol o amgylch y sefydliadau hynny. Bydd yn trafod dadleuon ynglyn a natur gwahanol gyfryngau, ac yn archwilio'r berthynas rhwng y cyfrwng a'r testun. Bydd hefyd yn trafod newyddiaduraeth, ond gan ganolbwyntio ar ffurfiau gweledol o newyddiadura, gan gynnwys ffoto-newyddiaduraeth a ffilmiau dogfen. Un o amcanion y modiwl hwn yw arfogi myfywrwyr a gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o ddadleuon allweddol am orffennol, presennol a dyfodol cyfryngau gweledol.

Course content

Bydd y modiwl yma yn trafod ystod o bynciau, gan gynnwys (er engrhaifft) • Edrych ar sut y caiff gwahanol gyfryngau eu uchelhau, neu eu iselhau, o safbwynt diwylliannol a chelfyddydol • Dadleuon yn ymwneud a hil, dosbarth, rhyw a rhywioldeb • Y berthynas rhwng dramau teledu a chwestiynnau cymdeithasol a gwleidyddol • Natur newyddiaduraeth weledo a chlyweledol (audio-visual) • Y berthynas rhwng y cyfrwng a'r neges, a phenodoldeb cyfryngau arbennig • Newidiadau i'r diwydiannau sy'n cynhyrchu testunau clyweledol a gweledol

Assessment Criteria

threshold

Gradd D

Mae'r gwaith a gyflwynwyd yn ddigonol ac yn dangos lefel dderbyniol o gymhwysedd fel a ganlyn:

  • Yn gywir ar y cyfan ond gyda hepgoriadau a gwallau
  • Gwneir honiadau heb dystiolaeth ategol glir neu resymu
  • Mae ganddo strwythur ond mae'n brin o eglurder ac felly mae'n dibynnu ar y darllenydd i wneud cysylltiadau a thybiaethau
  • Yn tynnu ar ystod gymharol gul o ddeunydd

C- to C+

Gradd C.

Mae gwaith a gyflwynir yn gymwys drwyddi draw ac yn cael ei wahaniaethu weithiau gan arddull uwch, dull gweithredu a dewis deunyddiau ategol. Mae'n dangos:

  • Strwythur da a dadleuon a ddatblygwyd yn rhesymegol
  • Mewn rhannau o leiaf mae'n tynnu ar ddeunydd sydd wedi'i gyrchu a'i asesu o ganlyniad i astudio annibynnol, neu mewn ffordd sy'n unigryw i'r myfyriwr
  • Ar y cyfan, mae tystiolaeth a rhesymu yn cefnogi datganiadau
  • Cywirdeb a chyflwyniad mewn arddull academaidd briodol

good

Gradd B.

Mae gwaith a gyflwynir yn gymwys drwyddo draw ac yn cael ei wahaniaethu gan arddull uwch, dull gweithredu a dewis deunyddiau ategol. Mae'n dangos:

  • Strwythur da iawn a dadleuon wedi'u datblygu'n rhesymegol
  • Yn tynnu ar ddeunydd sydd wedi'i gyrchu a'i asesu o ganlyniad i astudio annibynnol, neu mewn ffordd sy'n unigryw i'r myfyriwr
  • Mae tystiolaeth a rhesymu cadarn yn ategu'r datganiadau
  • Cywirdeb a chyflwyniad mewn arddull academaidd briodol

excellent

Gradd A.

Mae gwaith a gyflwynwyd o ansawdd rhagorol ac yn rhagorol mewn un neu fwy o'r ffyrdd a ganlyn:

  • A yw gwreiddioldeb y dangosiad gyda meddylfryd y myfyriwr ei hun yn amlwg yn amlwg
  • Yn darparu tystiolaeth glir o astudiaeth annibynnol helaeth a pherthnasol
  • Mae dadleuon yn cael eu gosod yn eglur ac yn rhoi camau ystyried olynol i'r darllenydd ddod i gasgliadau

Learning outcomes

  1. Byddwch yn gallu cynnal dadansoddiad testunol agos o wahanol ffurfiau cyfryngau yn unol â'ch dealltwriaeth o fodelau beirniadol a damcaniaethol.

  2. Byddwch yn gallu cynnig beirniadaeth ynghylch materion sylweddol o fewn diwylliant gweledol yn ymwneud â phenodoldeb canolig a digideiddio.

  3. Byddwch yn archwilio gwahanol fathau o ddiwylliant gweledol o ran eu penodoldeb hanesyddol, cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol a sefydliadol.

  4. Byddwch yn gallu cymharu a gwerthuso cysyniadau damcaniaethol allweddol y gellir eu cymhwyso i astudio diwylliant gweledol.

Assessment Methods

Type Name Description Weight
Beirniadaeth 40.00
Traethawd beirniadol 60.00

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Hours
Seminar

11 x 1 awr o seminar

11
 

Sgrinio 2 awr o benodau o raglenni teledu a astudiwyd x 11 wythnos

22
Lecture

11 x 1 awr o ddarlith

11
Private study

Disgwylir i fyfyrwyr ddarllen yn eang, gan ymgysylltu â'r darlleniadau a neilltuwyd yn ogystal â deunydd pellach a awgrymwyd gan arweinwyr y modiwl wrth baratoi ar gyfer eu hasesiadau. Dylai'r gwaith hwn gael ei wneud y tu allan i gyswllt ystafell ddosbarth.

156

Transferable skills

  • Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
  • Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
  • Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
  • Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
  • Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
  • Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others
  • Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
  • Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
  • Leadership - Able to lead and manage, develop action plans and objectives, offer guidance and direction to others, and cope with the related pressures such authority can result in

Subject specific skills

  • Ability to formulate and solve problems, anticipate and accommodate change, and work within contexts of ambiguity, uncertainty and unfamiliarity (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
  • Ability to engage in processes of drafting and redrafting texts to achieve clarity of expression and an appropriate style. (English Benchmark Statement 3.3; NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2).
  • Ability to gather information, analyse, interpret and discuss different viewpoints (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
  • Information technology (IT) skills broadly understood and the ability to access, work with and evaluate electronic resources (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
  • Creative skills – conception, elaboration, adaptation, presentation, collaboration, preservation
  • Technological skills – digital capture, digital expression, digital innovation
  • Intellectual skills shared with other disciplines – research and exploration, reasoning and logic, understanding, critical judgement, assimilation and application
  • Skills of communication and interaction – oral and written communication, public presentation, team-working and collaboration, awareness of professional protocols, sensitivity, ICT skills, etc.
  • Skills of personal management – self-motivation, self-critical awareness, independence, entrepreneurship and employment skills, time management and reliability, organisation, etc.
  • Enhanced powers of imagination and creativity (4.17)

Resources

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/uxb-1066.html

Reading list

Robert C. Allen and Annette Hill, eds. (2004) The Television Studies Reader, London: Routledge.

Charlotte Brunsdon (1990) ‘Problems with quality’, Screen 31:1, pp. 67-90.

Andreas Halskov (2015) TV Peaks: Twin Peaks and modern television drama, Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark.

Marisa C. Hayes and Franck Boulegue, eds. (2013) Twin Peaks, Bristol: Intellect.

Janet McCabe and Kim Akass, eds. (2007) Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond, London: I.B. Tauris.

Robert J. Thompson (1997) Television’s Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to ER, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

Linda Williams (2014) On the Wire, Durham: Duke University Press.

Liam Kennedy and Steven Shapiro, eds. (2012) The Wire: Race, Class and Genre, Detroit: University of Michigan Press.

Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall (2009) The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, New York: Continuum.

Gary R. Edgerton (2013) The Sopranos, Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

Marco Mario Albrecht (2015) Masculinity in Contemporary Quality Television, Farnham: Ashgate, 2015.

Scott F. Stoddart (2011) Analyzing Mad Men: Critical Essays on the Television Series, Jefferson: McFarland and Co.

Christopher Bigsby (2013) Viewing America: Twenty-First Century Television Drama, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones (2008) The Essential HBO Reader, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Megan Mullen (2003) The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States: Revolution or Evolution?, Austin: University of Texas Press.

Kevin McDonald and Daniel Smith-Rowsey (2016) The Netflix Effect: Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Keith Beattie (2004) Documentary Screens: Non-Fiction Film and Television, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Geoffrey Cox (1995) Pioneering Television News: A first hand report on a revolution in journalism, London: John Libbey.

John Langer (1998) Tabloid Television: Popular television and the "other news", London: Routledge.

Stella Bruzzi (2000) New Documentary: A critical introduction, London: Routledge.

Ann Gray and Erin Bell (2013) History on Television, London: Routledge.

Jason Jacobs and Steven Peacock (eds.) (2013) Television Aesthetics and Style, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Courses including this module

Compulsory in courses:

  • W62B: BA Film Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/FLM1)
  • W62P: BA Film Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/FLMP)
  • 2W89: BA Film Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/FSIE)
  • W610: BA Film Studies and Production year 1 (BA/FSP)
  • P3W5: BA Film Studies with Theatre and Performance year 1 (BA/FSTP)
  • P35W: Film Stud with Theatre & Performance with International Exp. year 1 (BA/FSTPIE)
  • PP53: BA Journalism and Media Studies year 1 (BA/JMS)
  • PP5B: BA Journalism & Media Studies (4yr with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BA/JMS1)
  • PP54: BA Journalism & Media Studies with International Experience year 1 (BA/JMSIE)
  • PP5P: BA Journalism and Media Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/JMSP)
  • P316: BA Media Studies and Production year 1 (BA/MEDP)
  • P31B: BA Media Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/MS1)
  • P30F: BA Media Studies [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/MSF)
  • 8U76: BA Media Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/MSIE)
  • P30P: BA Media Studies with Placement Year year 1 (BA/MSP)
  • P3R5: BA Media Stud with Spanish (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/MSSPIE)
  • P3WL: BA Media Studies with Theatre and Performance year 1 (BA/MSTP)
  • P3WB: BA Media Stud with Theatre & Perform (4yr with Incorp Found) year 1 (BA/MSTP1)

Optional in courses:

  • W890: BA Creative&Professional Writing year 1 (BA/CPW)
  • W89P: BA Creative and Professional Writing with Placement Year year 1 (BA/CPWP)
  • W899: BA Creative & Professional Writing with International Exp year 1 (BA/CRIE)
  • WPQ1: BA Creative Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/CSIE)
  • WPQ0: BA Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CST)
  • WPQB: BA Creative Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/CST1)
  • WP83: BA Media Studies & Creative Wrtng year 1 (BA/CWMS)
  • 32M8: BA English Literature with Theatre and Performance year 1 (BA/ELTP)
  • 8H25: BA English Literature year 1 (BA/ENGL)
  • 8H2P: BA English Literature with Placement Year year 1 (BA/ENGLP)
  • 8H26: BA English Literature (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/ENIE)
  • 3P3Q: BA Film Studies and English Literature year 1 (BA/FSEL)
  • WW39: BA Music and Creative Writing with International Experience year 1 (BA/MCWIE)
  • 3HPQ: BA Media Studies and English Literature year 1 (BA/MEN)
  • R803: BA Modern Languages & Film Studies year 1 (BA/MLFS)
  • R802: BA Modern Languages & Media Studies year 1 (BA/MLMS)
  • PW33: BA Media Studies and Music year 1 (BA/MSMUS)
  • WW38: BA Music and Creative Writing year 1 (BA/MUSCW)
  • WW36: BA Music and Film Studies year 1 (BA/MUSFS)

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