Thursday 3rd June 2010
The Biographical Narrative in 21st Century Film and Television
POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Despite its status as one of the most commercially and critically successful film and television forms of the 21st Century the Biopic, and its recent resurgence, has received relatively little scholarly attention; Carolyn Anderson and John Lupo in the introduction to the Journal of Popular Film and Television’s special issue on Biopics describe the form as an ‘overlooked, underappreciated genre whose [...] manifestations deserve new and rigorous scrutiny.’ This seminar series aims address the need for a reconsideration of the Biopic and its place in contemporary popular culture.
As part of this series postgraduate reseachers from Southampton and elsewhere will present papers considering this genre.
You are invited to listen to these papers, take part in the discussion and refreshments will be served.
THURSDAY 3RD JUNE
From 2PM, Lecture Theatre B, Avenue Campus
Emilia Cheng (University of Sussex): ' 'Kung-Fu and Nationalism: The Construction of the Male Body in 'Ip Man'
Valentina Cucca (University of Bergamo, Italy) - 'The Postmodern Biopic as Expression of Nostalgia'
Oliver Gruner (University of East Anglia): 'You』re Only as Good as Your Last Game: Civil Rights in the 21st Century Team Sports Biopic'
Jill Moriarity (UCC, Cork Ireland):'Post-Punk Princesses and French Pastries; an exploration of Sofia Coppola’s Auteurism in Marie Antoinette.'
For more information contact Victoria Kearley: [log in to unmask]
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