history, race, and the effects of colonialism.

history, race, and the effects of colonialism. Paper details: Discuss how Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton: 2009: Australia: 101 mins) and Orlando (Sally Potter: 1992: UK: 94 mins) negotiate issues around history, race, and the effects of colonialism. Those 3 sources below are included of the 9 must be used +6 others (academic sources) ?Anneke Smelik, “What meets the eye: An Overview of Feminist Film Theory,” from her And the Mirror Cracked: Feminist Cinema and Film Theory (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1998): 7-28. ?Anne Ciecko, “Transgender, Transgenre, and the Transnational: Sally Potter’s Orlando,” The Velvet Light Trap 41 (1998): 19-34. ?“Reclaiming the Wasteland: Samson and Delilah and the Historical Perception and Construction of Indigenous Knowledges in Australian Cinema,” M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 13:4 (2010)http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/252 There are three sets of criteria that are assessed in essays: reading and research; argument and analysis; and writing and structure. Within each of these sets, markers are looking for the following: Reading and research: - evidence of critical engagement with set course materials - evidence of independent reading of appropriate academic material - evidence of thorough research (books & academic journals – not random websites and wikipedia entries) Argument and analysis: There are three sets of criteria that are assessed in essays: reading and research; argument and analysis; and writing and structure. Within each of these sets, markers are looking for the following: Reading and research: - evidence of critical engagement with set course materials - evidence of independent reading of appropriate academic material - evidence of thorough research (books & academic journals – not random websites and wikipedia entries) Argument and analysis: - well-articulated and well supported argument - evidence of critical thinking (through taking a position in relation to key ideas from the course, and supporting this position) - evidence of relational thinking (through making connections between key ideas from the course and wider literature, and supporting these connections)