Course 2016-2017 a.y.
30266 - METHOD AND RESEARCH IN ARTS II - MODULE II (SOCIAL THEORY AND CINEMA)
CLEACC
Department of Social and Political Sciences
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
Course Objectives
This course has three principal objectives:- Provide the students with a comprehensive understanding of how cinema works both technically and culturally.
- Help the student develop a personal capacity for expressing and analyzing cinematic narrative.
- Teach structural, cultural and linguistic theories which help the student identify significant social-cultural themes within cinematic narrative.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Course Content Summary
This course offers the student a complex understanding of cinema: its structure and its meaning.
- Analysis of the cinematic language.
- Study of the roles and professions in the film industry.
- Creating a theoretical basis on which to understand the cultural questions represented through cinema.
The whole course is based on the vision and subsequent in-class discussion of specific films or television programs which have attracted the public's attention for various motives.
Teaching methods
Assessment methods
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
For attending students:The course requires attending students to prepare a partial paper in English based on the analysis of a video clip. Details will be on the e-learning site for this course. At the end of the year, there will be a written exam based on class discussions, the selected vision of a film clip and the reading requirements.
For Non-attending students:
The course requires non attending students to answer a written exam based on the reading requirements and the selected vision of a film clip.
Textbooks
The final exam is based on in-class discussions and the contents of the following texts (specific chapters are indicated on the e-learning site):- P. JONES, L. BRADBURY, S. LE BOUTILLIER, Introducing Social Theory, Polity, 2011.
- E. ROZZO, Cinema and Social Theory: Analysis techniques for Beginning Students, Le Dispense del Pellicano, EGEA, 2016.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisite for this class.
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