Literature and the Arts II

Code:

FLUP0924

Acronym:

LA2

Instance: 2005/2006 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EF	7	Official Study Plan - LEF	2	2,5	5	-
EFA	3	Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
			4
EFI	0	Official Study Plan - LEFI	3	2,5	5	-
			4
EPA	1	Official Study Plan - LEPA	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPE	0	Official Study Plan - LEPE	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPF	2	Official Study Plan - LEPF	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPI	2	Official Study Plan - LEPI	2	2,5	5	-
			3
			4
EPO	0	Official Study Plan - LEPO	3	2,5	5	-
			4

Objectives

This subject is designed to offer an approach to the History of Cinema and the particular features of French cinematography.
Upon completing this subject, students should be able to:
- know how image and sound specifically works, both at the semantic and narrative level, by comparison with verbal forms;
- determine the mutual influence of French cinema and literature throughout the 20th century;
-apply the methods and critical skills acquired throughout classes to film analysis.

Program

Contents
1. Cinema within the mass media: social function and image in publicity/propaganda.
2. Compared analysis between verbal language and image. Montage theories: production of meaning and narrativity.
3. Reception: interpreting and watching.
a) Inscription of time and setting in time.
b) Nomination and objectification.
c) Projection-identification features.
4. The particular case of adaptation: aesthetical perspective.
a) Theatre works in silent cinema.
b) Romanesque and dramatic model of the screenplay.
c) Illustration or meta-discourse.
5. Cinema and Literature: historical perspective; mutual influences.
a) From the cinematograph to Surrealism: setting up an iconography.
b) From cinema to Nouveau roman: defining a ‘literary sphere'.
c) From Nouveau roman to Nouvelle vague: abolishing boundaries.
6. Authors and film-makers.
a) The role of Alain Resnais.
b) Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet, novelists and film directors.
c) The case of Jean-Luc Godard.

Activities
1. Watching and analyzing films.
2. Comparison between a literary text and corresponding book-to-film adaptation (research work).

Main Bibliography

A. Bazin, Qu’est-ce que le cinéma?, Paris, Editions du Cerf, 1981.
G. Deleuze, L’image-mouvement, Paris, Editions de Minuit, 1983.
G. Deleuze, L’image-temps, Paris, Editions de Minuit, 1985.
S. M. Eisenstein, Le film, sa forme, son sens, Paris, Christian Bourgois, 1976.
J.-L. Godard, J.-L. Godard par J.-L. Godard, Paris, Pierre Belfont, 1968.
J.-L. Godard, Introduction à une véritable Histoire du Cinéma, Paris, Editions Albatros, 1980.
C. Metz, Essais sur la signification au cinéma, (tomos I e II), Paris, Klincksieck, 1968.
C. Metz, Langage et Cinéma, Paris, Editions Albatros, 1981.
D. Vertov, Articles, journaux, projets, Paris, Union Générale d’Editions 10/18, 1972.

References to additional readings will be given throughout the semester.
A selection of films will be presented in practical classes.

Complementary Bibliography

To be indicated in class when necessary.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Minimum pass mark obtained in the final exam / Pass mark resulting from the average sum of the marks obtained in the assessment components.
Students enrolled in continuous assessment are required to attend at least 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam – 100% OR average sum of the marks obtained in the analysis assignments carried out throughout the semester.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Research paper: comparative method: literary and film writing.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: French and Portuguese.