FAV320 Textual analysis

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: graded credit. Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šárka Jelínek Gmiterková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 U34
Prerequisites
The course is aimed at students enrolled in masters programme with various levels of progress in their thesis. The number of students is limited to 10, therefore are possible participants required to provide the lecturer with short description of their masters project (thesis and/or premises, plus the current stage of the project), upon which the student will be enrolled.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students how to apply textual analysis, preferably in combination with other methodological paradigms such as star studies, acting and performance studies and queer studies on selected films, sequences and other paratexts. Students will adopt skills necessary for identifying and discovering both explicit and implicit meanings in individual scenes, films and other media texts as well as analyzing ways of creating these messages. In the end students will be able not only reconstructing possible meanings of film texts but also considering them as part of a wider set of discourses.
Syllabus
  • Lecture 1 - Introduction to textual analysis - paradigms, methodologies and terms
  • Lecture 2 - The film Slovo dělá ženu as a loss of memory? - practical demonstration of working with textual analysis together with star studies and new film history methodologies (presented by lecturer).
  • Lecture 3 - 12 - presentations of individual students, followed by discussion over introduced issues, practical examples and arguments.
Literature
  • BATEMAN, John A. - WILDFEUER, Janina (eds.)(2017): Film text analysis. New perspectives on the analysis of filmic meaning. London: Routledge.
  • MACHIN, David - MAYR, Andrea (eds.)(2012): How to do critical discourse analysis. London: Sage publications.
  • McKEE, Alan (2003): Textual analysis. A beginner's guide. London: Sage publications.
  • KLEVAN, Andrew. Film performance : from achievement to appreciation. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2005, 114 s. ISBN 190476424X. info
Teaching methods
These seminar sessions will start with introductory lecture, followed by practical demonstration of the working with the method provided by the lecturer herself. The following sessions will be dedicated to students' presentation. Students will introduce their masters thesis or part of it through a detailed analysis of a particular film, clip or shot. Textual analysis has to be accompanied by a methodological paper based on each student's choice and all attendants have to familiarize themselves with the reading. The topic and the name of the required reading chapter are to be announced a week prior to the presentation.
Assessment methods
The attendance at all the seminars is compulsory. Each student will present and choose. reading for the rest of the group once in the semester. Every student must familiarize himself/herself with the reading prior to the session in order to be ready for discussion. In the end, students are required to write a paper 15 to 20 pages long, which elaborates on the presented topic. This essay should be treated as part of the masters thesis as well as an individual paper ready for publishing in a specialized journal or volume.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Pro studenty bakalářského studia: ukončení klasifikovaným zápočtem (5 kreditů), pro studenty magisterského studia: ukončení zkouškou (8 kreditů).
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