FAVz021 Cinema as spectacular dispositif

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Frank Kessler (lecturer)
Sabine Lenk (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Mgr. Petr Szczepanik, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Szczepanik, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Petr Szczepanik, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/120
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the concept of cinematic dispositif
Syllabus
  • In this series of lectures we will start with exploring the concept of dispositif that has emerged in the 1970s in philosophy in the writings of Michel Foucault and in film studies in two influential essays by Jean-Louis Baudry. The latter were part of a larger debate in film theory about the relationship between technology and ideology that later became labeled “apparatus theory”.
  • More recently, among others in the 2002 DOMITOR conference held in Montreal, the concept of dispositif has been taken up by film and media historians, especially those working in the field of early cinema. In these lectures we will also explore the appropriation of the concept in a perspective of historical pragmatics and discuss its productivity for media historical research. Here, early cinema, the so-called “cinema of attractions” will provide the case to be studied.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Full time students: 100% presence at the lectures is required. Distance students: two absences are tolerated.
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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