Celtic Film: Fact or Fiction? [Full] John Gleeson, Senior
Lecturer - Course: CELTIC 192, SEM 001 - Class Number: 21259 -
Credits: 3 HU - Time: TR 3:30 – 4:45 PM - Place: MER 321 Using
the Celtic world as our model, this course will explore the
uneasy relationship between historian and filmmaker, and how
each responds to issues of representation identity and
narrative. The main purpose of a historical education is to
enable students to think historically throughout their lives,
whatever the issue under discussion. This involves engaging with
media depictions of history. Film by its nature requires that
‘facts’ be omitted, condensed, exaggerated, altered, or (often)
invented. This can be troublesome for the historian and scholar.
We will therefore try to understand better the relationship
between fact and fiction in film. Class Requirements and
Grading: - Short Quiz - 20% of total grade - Study Journal - 30%
of total grade - Participation in class discussion - 20% of
total grade - Final Paper - 30% of total gra