FAVKS008 Introduction to Theory of Film II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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
Timetable
Sat 9:10–12:25 12, Sat 13:20–16:35 12
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). Assessment: a written test. 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.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zkouška: písemná zkouška.
Language of instruction
Czech
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