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Postgraduate Course: Cinema Auteurs (CLLC11139)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryUsing the much debated concepts of auteur and authorship in cinema as its springboard, Cinema Auteurs will focus on the work of up to four contemporary directors who have developed film styles that are distinct from conventional mainstream. The course will not be limited to European film, allowing for the comparative analysis of the work of European and non-European filmmakers, looking at transtextual connections and comparing frameworks of references in international cinema. Key topics to be discussed in the course of the programme include: the issue of the usefulness or obsolescence of the concept of authorship in cinema considered in the context of changing cultural, socio-historical and filmmaking practices; postmodernity, reflexivity and the potential for radical practices in cinema; the conceptualisation of space and time in film; memory, history and film; cinematic developments in the context of other media evolution.
Course description Films are screened in the week preceding the seminar.

Week 1: Research Skills and Methods

Week 2: What¿s the Problem with Authorship?
- The Firemen¿s Ball / Ho¿í, má panenko (Milo¿ Forman, 1967)

Week 3: Agnès Varda
- Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (1984)

Week 4: Rainer Werner Fassbinder I
- Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant / The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
- Effi Briest (1974)

Week 5: Rainer Werner Fassbinder II
- Angst essen Seele auf / Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Faustrecht der Freiheit / Fox and His Friends (1975)

Week 6: Jamie Babbit
- But I¿m a Cheerleader (1999)
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Week 7: Quentin Tarantino
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)

Week 8: Terrence Malick: Being-in-the-World
- Badlands (1973)
- The Tree of Life (2011)

Week 9: Michael Haneke: The Problem of Rules
- Code Unknown / Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000)
- The Time of the Wolf / Le temps du loup (2003)

Week 10: Yasujiro Ozu: The Revelation of Nothingness
- Late Spring / Banshun (1949)
- An Autumn Afternoon / Sanma no aji (1962)

Week 11: Lars von Trier: Style and Discontent
- The Element of Crime (1984)
- Melancholia (2011)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  20
Course Start Semester 1
Course Start Date 25/09/2014
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One essay of 4,000 words.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Familiarity with the work of a selection of filmmakers. Ability to conduct in-depth, critical analysis and comparative studies of a body of works in relation to current theoretical debates.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCA
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Sorfa
Tel:
Email: David.Sorfa@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ersev Ersoy
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
Email: Ersev.Ersoy@ed.ac.uk
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