FAV270 Theory of Film Narration

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Wed 12:30–14:05 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: (a) understand and explain concepts of narrative theories from different perspectives, (b) compare and sum up this theories on the base of their application for particular types of analysis.
Syllabus
  • History of theoretical concepts of narrative analysis, in which they will be explored from different perspectives. Course will combine two approaches: (a) exploration of particular concepts and (b) critical debate between individual scholars (Chatman vs. Bordwell, Bordwell vs. Wollen, Carroll vs. Heath).
Literature
  • Branigan, Edward. Point of View in the Cinema. Berlin - New York - Amsterdam: Mouton Publishers, 1984.
  • Browne, Nick. The Rhetoric of Filmic Narration. Ann Harbor: Umi Research Press, 1876.
  • Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema. Edited by Warren Buckland. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ix, 241. ISBN 9781405168625. info
  • CHATMAN, Seymour Benjamin. Příběh a diskurs : narativní struktura v literatuře a filmu. Translated by Milan Orálek. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2008, 328 s. ISBN 9788072942602. info
  • Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory. Edited by David Herman - Manfred Jahn - Marie-Laure Ryan. 1st pub. in pbk. London: Routledge, 2008, xxix, 718. ISBN 9780203932896. info
  • BRANIGAN, Edward. Projecting a camera : language-games in film theory. New York: Routledge, 2006, xxv, 424. ISBN 0415942543. info
  • Tvořivé zrady : současné polské myšlení o filmu a audiovizuální kultuře. Edited by Petr Mareš - Petr Szczepanik. Vyd. v ČR 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2005, 500 s. ISBN 8070041196. 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
  • CHATMAN, Seymour Benjamin. Dohodnuté termíny : rétorika narativu ve fikci a filmu. V Olomouci: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 259 s. ISBN 8024401754. 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
  • METZ, Christian. Language and cinema. Translated by Donna Jean Umiker-Sebeok. The Hague: Mouton, 1974, 303 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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