GEN150 History of queer cinema

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Skupa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.
Division of Gender Studies – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Division of Gender Studies – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:30 P52
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will focus on some aspects of history and development of Queer Cinema. Lectures will concentrate on the representation of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people, mainly in the history of American and West European Cinema. In detail we will focus on the work of some key queer filmmakers: Werner Schroeter, Rosa von Praunheim, Paul Morrissey, Derek Jarman, Todd Haynes, Barbara Hammer, Dorothy Arzner, Ulrike Ottinger or Monika Treut.
The main aims:
This course supports students ability of understanding the term "queer" not only in the field of cinema.
This course provides a comprehensive historical overview of Queer Cinema.
This course provides an introduction to the analysing methods of queer motives in films.
Syllabus
  • Queer and Queer Cinema (introduction of the terms)
  • Queer stereotypes (Early and Classical Hollywood Cinema)
  • Queer spectatorship
  • Queer reading of the Classical Hollywood Cinema
  • Queer avantgarde and experimental film
  • Queer in the context of European Art Cinema
  • Queer Germany
  • Queer Czech / Czechoslovakia
  • New Queer Cinema
Literature
  • French queer cinema. Edited by Nick Rees-Roberts. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008, vii, 167 p. ISBN 0748634185. info
  • Queer cinema in Europe. Edited by Robin Griffiths. Chicago: Intellect Books, 2008, 227 p. ISBN 9781841500799. info
  • WAUGH, Thomas. The fruit machine : twenty years of writings on queer cinema. Edited by John Greyson. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000, xii, 312. ISBN 0822324687. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading texts, watching films, discussions
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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