Undergraduate Course: Introduction to European Cinema (ELCC08003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will give students a historical and theoretical introduction to the study of film and cinema. It will present the development of film in Europe from its beginnings to the present, together with an introduction to the spectrum of critical reaction and aesthetic evaluation that has accompanied the medium throughout its existence. |
| Course description |
Please note that this course now runs in Semester 2 only. Indicative syllabus:
Introduction to European Cinema
Le Mépris (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963)
German Expressionism
Soviet Montage
Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
Spanish (?) Surrealism
Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel with Salvador Dalí, 1929)
L¿Âge d¿or (Luis Buñuel, 1930)
Italian Neo-Realism (Dr Daniel Yacavone)
Bicycle Thieves (Vittoria De Sica, 1948)
French New Wave 1
À bout de souffle / Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960)
French New Wave 2
Muriel (Alain Resnais, France, 1963)
Portuguese Cinema
Ossos/Bones (Pedro Costa, Portugal, 1997)
New German Cinema
Contemporary Spanish Cinema
Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
British Cinema
A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, UK, 2013)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 76 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
16/01/2017 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Other Study Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Other study hours: Film screenings
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework and exam. A 2,300 word essay contributing 50%; A degree exam in May/June contributing 50%. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Introduction to European Cinema | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Introduction to European Cinema | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of European films and locate these within their socio-historical and cultural contexts.
- Understand and employ, where applicable, various approaches within Film Studies.
- Display some understanding of theory from Film Studies and/or other fields relevant to the film/s in question and employ secondary literature to aid their reading of film.
- Use appropriate terminology in written and oral form.
- Construct and present clear, sustained arguments on (some of) the films and themes central to the course, both individually and while working as part of a team.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Sorfa
Tel:
Email: David.Sorfa@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Helene Thomsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 6949
Email: Helene.Thomsen@ed.ac.uk |
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