FAV327 Authorship Approaches Analysis

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Kos, 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
Wed 12:00–13:40 C34
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 12 student(s).
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students how to apply devices of important authorship approaches on diverse types of films. Students will therefore in the first part of the seminar discuss about selected theoretical literature and example texts, which apply introduced methods and devices in analysis of particular films. Students will understand to the basic models of thinking and ways of using of these devices. The aim of the course is also that students will adopt a critical approach in reading. The second part of the seminar will focus on application of the theoretical devices in analysis of given films in form of presentation.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- understand in detail to models of authorship approaches;
- compare possibilites of particular approaches in film analysis;
- independently apply introduced devices in analysis of particular films.
Syllabus
  • Based on a reading students will thoroughly discuss at a seminar discuss about following theories and approaches:
  • - a biographical legend;
  • - auteur theory;
  • - auteur-structuralism;
  • - post-structuralism;
  • - a collective authorship;
  • - a feminist authorship;
  • - poetological perspective.
Literature
    required literature
  • BARTHES, Roland (2006): Smrt autora. Aluze: časopis pro literaturu, filosofii a jiné, č. 3.
  • BORDWELL, David (1981): The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer. Berkeley – Los Angeles – London: University of California Press.
  • A companion to media authorship. Edited by Jonathan Gray - Derek Johnson. Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell, 2013, xii, 561 p. ISBN 9781118495278. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Poetics of cinema. New York: Routledge, 2008, xii, 499. ISBN 9780415977784. info
  • Theories of authorship : a reader. Edited by John Caughie. Repr. London: Routledge, 2001, ix, 316. ISBN 0415025524. info
    recommended literature
  • Authorship and film. Edited by David A. Gerstner - Janet Staiger. New York: Routledge, 2003, xii, 308. ISBN 0415939941. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Ozu and the poetics of cinema. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1988, x, 406. ISBN 0691008221. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion about the literature and presentations.
Assessment methods
The attendance at all the seminars is compulsory. Each student will present and in the end will write a paper 10 pages long.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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