FAV221 Techniques of narratological analysis: a seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students be able to work with different types of narratological analytical concepts in application on particular audiovisual fiction material (film, television serial etc.).
Syllabus
  • Seminar will be based upon students' active work. They will write homework - particular narrative analysis - for each lecture. They'll use material from lectures and from obligatory texts.
Literature
  • Branigan, Edward. Point of View in the Cinema. Berlin - New York - Amsterdam: Mouton Publishers, 1984.
  • ECO, Umberto. Lector in fabula : role čtenáře, aneb, Interpretační kooperace v narativních textech. Translated by Zdeněk Frýbort. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2010, 290 s. ISBN 9788020018281. info
  • BRANIGAN, Edward. Projecting a camera : language-games in film theory. New York: Routledge, 2006, xxv, 424. ISBN 0415942543. info
  • Heterocosmica : fikce a možné světy. Translated by Lubomír Doležel. Vydání české první. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 311 stran. ISBN 8024607352. info
  • THOMPSON, Kristin. Storytelling in film and television. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003, xiii, 172. ISBN 0674010876. info
  • GARDIES, André. Le récit filmique. Paris: Hachette, 1993, 151 s. ISBN 2010181492. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Narration in the fiction film. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, xiv, 370. ISBN 0299101746. info
Teaching methods
Wrriten of analysis (homeworks), teacher's kritical evaluation of students' work, work in group, reading of obligatory texts.
Assessment methods
Activity during seminars, doing homeworks, knowledge of obligatory texts. Final work: complex application of one type of particular narratological analysis on one fictional work (film or television serial).
Language of instruction
Czech
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Study Materials
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