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
CLEACC (6 credits - II sem. - OBS  |  L-ART/06)
Course Director:
JOSEPH EDWARD ROZZO

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: JOSEPH EDWARD ROZZO



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
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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
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Assessment methods
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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.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisite for this class.
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