FAV199 Narrative theory in films and television series

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 C34
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
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Abstract
At the end of the course students should be able to: (a) understand and explain concepts of narrative theories from different perspectives, (b) compare and sum up this theories on the base of their application for particular types of analysis.
Key topics
History of theoretical concepts of narrative analysis, in which they will be explored from different perspectives: (a) history of thinking about film and television, (b) history of analytical perspectives (narration, narrator, viewer), (c) relation between narrative and style in particular audio/visual art forms (film fiction, television serial fiction), (d) historiographical potential of each narrative theory.
Study resources and literature
  • Branigan, Edward. Point of View in the Cinema. Berlin - New York - Amsterdam: Mouton Publishers, 1984.
  • Browne, Nick. The Rhetoric of Filmic Narration. Ann Harbor: Umi Research Press, 1876.
  • Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema. Edited by Warren Buckland. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ix, 241. ISBN 9781405168625. info
  • CHATMAN, Seymour. Příběh a diskurs : narativní struktura v literatuře a filmu. Translated by Milan Orálek. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2008, 328 s. ISBN 9788072942602. info
  • Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory. Edited by David Herman - Manfred Jahn - Marie-Laure Ryan. 1st pub. in pbk. London: Routledge, 2008, xxix, 718. ISBN 9780203932896. info
  • BRANIGAN, Edward. Projecting a camera : language-games in film theory. New York: Routledge, 2006, xxv, 424. ISBN 0415942543. info
  • Tvořivé zrady : současné polské myšlení o filmu a audiovizuální kultuře. Edited by Petr Mareš - Petr Szczepanik. Vyd. v ČR 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2005, 500 s. ISBN 8070041196. info
  • Heterocosmica : fikce a možné světy. Translated by Lubomír Doležel. Vydání české první. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 311 stran. ISBN 8024607352. info
  • THOMPSON, Kristin. Storytelling in film and television. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003, xiii, 172. ISBN 0674010876. info
  • CHATMAN, Seymour. Dohodnuté termíny : rétorika narativu ve fikci a filmu. V Olomouci: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 259 s. ISBN 8024401754. info
  • GARDIES, André. Le récit filmique. Paris: Hachette, 1993, 151 s. ISBN 2010181492. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Narration in the fiction film. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, xiv, 370. ISBN 0299101746. info
  • METZ, Christian. Language and cinema. Translated by Donna Jean Umiker-Sebeok. The Hague: Mouton, 1974, 303 s. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, class discussion.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
(a) written test, (b) comparative essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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