World cinema references

Code:

LEI012

Acronym:

RCM

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://www.davidpinhobarros.com/Referencias-do-Cinema-MundialReferences-of-World-Cinema
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Literature and Interart Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEI	39	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course proposes a discussion around the notion of authorship in cinema, questioning the causes and implications of the formation of the canon of this art. Through case studies from different historical and geographical contexts, in-depth analyses of six filmographies will be developed, and it is expected that this close reading will reveal a clear idea of what constitutes a filmmaker's personal style and, simultaneously, a perception of the universality of this artistic practice.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, it is expected that students have acquired an authorial perspective of the History of 20th-century cinema, that they are familiar with the problems and challenges of the constitution of the canon of this art, that they identify cinema as a geographically global practice, and that they are equipped to discuss, in an informed and creative manner, the relevance of the works of the six studied filmmakers for a definition of directorial style.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Winsor McCay
2. Carl Dreyer
3. Satyajit Ray
4. Robert Bresson
5. Chantal Akerman
6. Shôhei Imamura

Mandatory literature

Bianchi, Pietro, Bursi, Giulio & Venturini, Simone (eds.); Il canone cinematografico, Forum Edizioni, 2011. ISBN: 978-8884206633
Jeancolas, Jean-Pierre, Meusy, Jean-Jacques & Pinel, Vincent; L'Auteur du film : Description d'un combat, Actes Sud, 1996. ISBN: 978-2742708666
Mascarello, Fernando (ed.); História do Cinema Mundial, Papirus Editora, 2006. ISBN: 978-8530808181
Sellors, C. Paul; Film Authorship: Auteurs and Other Myths, Wallflower Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1906660246

Complementary Bibliography

Apostolidès Jean-Marie et al.; Little Nemo, 1905-2005 : Un siècle de rêves, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2005. ISBN: 978-2874490002
Arnaud, Philippe; Robert Bresson, Cahiers du cinéma, 2003. ISBN: 978-2866423520
Bernas, Steven; L'Auteur au cinéma, L'Harmattan, 2002. ISBN: 978-2747527125
Biasin, Enrico, Bursi, Giulio & Quaresima, Leonardo; Lo stile cinematografico, Forum Edizioni, 2006. ISBN: 978-8884203984
Bordwell, David; On the History of Film Style, Harvard University Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0674634299
Carney, Raymond; Speaking the Language of Desire: The Films of Carl Dreyer, Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN: 978-0521371636
Cooper, Darius; The Cinema of Satyajit Ray: Between Tradition and Modernity, Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0521620260
Crafton, Donald; Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928, University of Chicago Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0226116679
Gauthier, Christophe, Vezyroglou, Dimitri & Juan, Myriam (eds.); L'Auteur de cinéma : Histoire, généalogie, archéologie, AFRHC, 2013. ISBN: 978-2370290007
Gerstner, David A. & Staiger, Janet (eds.); Authorship and Film, AFI Film Readers, 2002. ISBN: 978-0415939942
Grant, Barry Keith; Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. ISBN: 978-1405153348
Meiresonne, Bastian; Shohei Imamura : Évaporation d'une réalité, L'Harmattan, 2010. ISBN: 978-2296125605
Roeder, Katherine; Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay, University Press of Mississippi, 2014. ISBN: 978-1617039607
Schmid, Marion; Chantal Akerman, Manchester University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1526116864
Schrader, Paul; Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, University of California Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0520296817
Stone, Rob, Cooke, Paul, Dennison, Stephanie & Marlow-Mann, Alex (eds.); The Routledge Companion to World Cinema, Routledge, 2018. ISBN: 978-0367581077

Teaching methods and learning activities

Oral lecturing supported by Keynote presentations, collective analysis of texts and images, viewing of film excerpts, debates with students and a conference with a guest speaker. The language used in the classes will be Portuguese, but students, if they so choose, will also have the option of submitting their final work in English, Italian or French.

keywords

Humanities > Arts

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Exame	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	25,00
Trabalho escrito	26,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment will be the result of the average between the following components, all of which are mandatory: questions for the guest speaker (25%), essay (25%) and exam (50%). The non-fulfillment, by any student, of one or more of the evaluation components will imply the failure of the curricular unit with the classification "RFC" ("failed due to lack of component"). In addition, any attempt at plagiarism or copying will result in the attribution of the score of 0 to the assessment component in which it is detected.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Working students and students with special educational needs are allowed to request, before the first moment of assessment, exemption from the components of the questions for the guest speaker and the essay, and in that case the exam is worth 100% of the grade.

Classification improvement

Only the component of the exam can be resat or improved.