FAVBPa03 Film Theory after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is a continuation of the prevailingly chronological survey of film theories: from methodological theories (semiotics of cinema, psychology of cinema, sociology of cinema...) to "field theories" (e.g. David Bordwell, Roger Odin, Seymour Chatman, Edward Branigan) and the "New Film History" (Thomas Elsaesser, Tom Gunning, Charles Musser). Main objectives: to understand the history of film theories; to understand the theories in a wider cultural and institutional context; to reflect the methodological approach towards a history of ideas. Literature: Casetti, Francesco(1999): Theories of Cinema 1945-1995. Austin; Stam, Robert (2000): Film Theory: An Introduction. Malden; Andrew, Dudley J. (1976): The Major Film Theories. New York; Andrew, Dudley J.(1984): Concepts in Film Theory. New York; Stam, Robert & Burgoyne, Robert & Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy (1992): New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Beyond. London, New York; Stam, Robert & Miller, Toby (1999): A Companion to Film Theory. Malden; Neale, Stephen (1980): Genre. London; Aumont, Jacques & Bergala, Alain & Marie, Michel & Vernet, Marc (1997): Aesthetics of Film. Austin; Bordwell, David (1985): Narration in the Fiction Film. Madison; Chatman, Seymour (1990): Coming to Terms: the rhetoric of narrative in fiction and film. Ithaca, New York; Bordwell, David (1997): On the History of Film Style. Cambridge, London. Assessment: written test.
Syllabus
  • - French filmology - film semiotics - Christian Metz - textual analysis and Raymond Bellour - film and psychoanalysis - film and sociology - cultural studies - auteur theory - (semio)pragmatics - feminism - film and postmodernism
Literature
  • Stam, Robert & Burgoyne, Robert & Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy (1992): New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Beyond. London, New York
  • Stam, Robert (2000): Film Theory: An Introduction. Malden
  • Casetti, Francesco(1999): Theories of Cinema 1945-1995.Austin
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Assessment: a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky, další termíny jsou: podzim 2006, podzim 2009, podzim 2012 atd.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Autumn 2018.
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