Us comparison questions
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The document provides a list of 8 potential exam questions focusing on analyzing American films through comparing narrative conventions, expressed messages and values, presentations of key themes, reflections of the times in which they were made, importance of place in contributing to themes, similarities and differences in representations of masculinity, significance of settings, and reflections of the times through representations of women or men.
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Us comparison questions
- 1. US COMPARISON Types of questions you might get in the exam: 1) How far do the American films you have studied for this topic depend on well established narrative and/or genre conventions? 2) How far do the American films you have studied for this topic express similar messages and values to one another? 3) Compare the ways in which key themes in your chosen American films are presented. 4) With reference to your chosen American films, compare the extent to which their messages and values reflect the times in which they were made. 5) How important is place in contributing to key themes in the American films you have studied for this topic? 6) Discuss similarities and differences in the representation of masculinity in your chosen American films. 7) What is significant about setting and/or place in your chosen American films? 8) In the American films you have studied for this topic, how far do the representations of either women or men reflect the time in which they were made?