Why Screenwriting Studies? What can be found in a screenplay? What are screenwriting studies? And why do they matter? Narratological approaches and production studies. Early approaches in film studies. Interdisciplinarity. Short history of the screenplay from the silent days to the present. Female screenwriters
The elements of a screenplay, the numerous versions of screenplays, development, literary and filmic/audio-visual analysis. Authorship, Screen Idea Work Group
Beyond narration, what does “literary” writing in screenplays mean? The transformation from text to film, from one structure into another.
Basics of narration in film, classical Hollywood paradigm, screenwriting manuals, the “doxa” of screenwriting, models of narrative structure. 3 act structure, protagonist etc.
Criticism of classical narration, question of universality in narration and screenwriting, alternatives in history and culture, examples of non-western screenplays.
Is there a new way of storytelling since the 1980s/90s? post-classical or just “intensified”? non-chronology, closure, act structure, serial storytelling, etc. final discussion and recommendations for further research.