Introduction to European Cinema (2011/12)
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Introduction to European Cinema (2011/12)
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Availability of Texts (2 items)
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Core Films are held in multiple copies in the Short Loan Library. Background Reading is also available in the Library, either in books or journals. Some journal articles are available electronically, mostly from EBSCO and LION.
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Students are expected to have viewed each film in advance of the tutorial in which it is studied. The background reading lists contain secondary sources from presentations, essays and exam preparation. For your presentation you will need to have consulted sufficient background sources on the core film to enable you to speak authoritatively on it. Essays also need to be actively backed up by sources (about half a dozen) from the background reading. This means reference to and/or quotations from secondary sources and not just the inclusion of a bibliography. You should also consult the background reading when preparing for the exam, though it is not expected that you should be able to quote directly from secondary sources in the exam
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Useful Databases and Websites (5 items)
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It's worth browsing these from time to time, since new material appears regularly, and/or to search them with specific keywords which you think might be productive.
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Among open-access film sites, the most useful is IMDb which contains useful reviews of films.
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General Background Reading for the Module (15 items)
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T11:27:57+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T09:30:47+00:00
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Chapter | Recommended2011-01-26T09:30:56+00:00
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Book | Recommended2012-02-13T14:20:15+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T09:31:31+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T09:31:42+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T09:32:19+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T09:32:40+00:00
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In addition to the above recommendations, the readings for the Film Studies Core Modules (Reading Film and Approaches to Film) will also be very important for the technical analysis of the films, which will play an important part of both seminar work and assessment.
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Week by Week Readings (123 items)
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Week One (1 item)
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Introduction to the module and administration.
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Week Two (14 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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The Seventh seal - , , , , , , , , , , , , , (videorecording)Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T09:38:24+00:00
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Background Reading (12 items)
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:39:33+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:39:40+00:00
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Book | Recommended | This book is on order and should be available shortly.2011-01-26T12:01:27+00:00
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Article | Recommended2012-02-07T14:09:57+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:51:43+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the use of mise-en-scene in The Seventh Seal.
- Critically assess the treatment of religious ideas and death in The Seventh Seal.
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Week Three (9 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Background Reading (7 items)
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See Week Two for general works on Bergman.
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:57:17+00:00
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Chapter | Recommended2011-01-26T09:57:35+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:57:44+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:58:14+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T09:58:26+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the key elements of narrative and character in Persona.
- Critically assess the treatment of trauma in Persona.
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Week Four (19 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:01:12+00:00
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Background Reading: La Nouvelle Vague/The New Wave (6 items)
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:01:37+00:00
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Cahiers du cinema, vol. 2. 1960-1968: New Wave, New Cinema, re-evaluating Hollywood. An anthology from Cahiers du cinema nos. 103-207, January 1960-December 1968 - , 1986 0710203063Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:01:42+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:01:55+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:02:12+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:02:21+00:00
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Background Reading: Les 400 Coups/The 400 Blows (11 items)
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:02:49+00:00
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Chapter | Recommended2011-01-26T10:03:18+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:04:52+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:05:05+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the key elements of editing and narrative structure in 400 Blows.
- Critically assess the treatment of 'juvenile delinquency' in 400 Blows.
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Week Five (4 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Background Reading (2 items)
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See Week Four for general works on The New Wave and Truffaut.
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:07:58+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the interplay of different cinematic conventions and styles in Jules et Jim.
- Attempt to define the central thematic concerns of Jules et Jim.
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Week Six (10 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Vivre sa vie: my life to live - , , , (videorecording)Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:10:06+00:00
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Background Reading (8 items)
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See Week Four for general works on The New Wave.
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:10:52+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:11:46+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:11:56+00:00
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The mandatory proxy - , 2006Article | Recommended | This article is not available in the Library.2012-02-08T16:38:52+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the ways in which Godard seeks to reinterpret conventional cinematic techniques in Vivre sa Vie, especially in the area of narrative.
- Discuss the account Godard gives in Vivre sa Vie of prostitution and criminality.
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Week Seven (4 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Background Reading (2 items)
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For The New Wave and Godard, see Weeks Four and Six.
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the role of mise-en-scene in creating meaning in Weekend.
- Critically assess Godard's critique of Western society and politics in Weekend.
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Week Eight (18 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Background Reading (16 items)
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:20:12+00:00
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Film and the interpretive process: a study of Blow-Up, Rashomon, Citizen Kane, 8 1/2, Vertigo, and Persona - , 1989 0820409871Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:20:25+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:20:38+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:20:47+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:20:58+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:21:08+00:00
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Book | Recommended | especially pp. 262-2812011-01-26T10:21:34+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:22:10+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:22:22+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:23:43+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:23:52+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the importance of Antonioni's cinematic style and techniques for an understanding of the issues raised by Blow-Up.
- How representative a view of the 'swinging sixties' emerges from Blow-Up?
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Week Nine (11 items)
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Core Film (1 item)
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Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:26:48+00:00
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Background Reading (9 items)
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:27:47+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:27:57+00:00
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Historiographic Metafiction in Gillo Pontecorvo's La Bataille d'Alger: Remembering the Forgotten War - , 2000Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:28:18+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:28:40+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Critically evaluate the ways in which the narrative and stylistic methods contribute to our understanding of the overall themes of The Battle of Algiers.
- The Battle of Algiers has been praised for its "even-handedness" in its treatment of the conflict. Should we agree with this assessment?
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Week Ten (17 items)
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Core Films (2 items)
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Un chien andalou [and] L'age d'or - , , , , , , (videorecording)Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:33:12+00:00
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The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie - , , , (videorecording)Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:33:23+00:00
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Background Reading: Buñuel/Un Chien Andalou (10 items)
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Buñuel, Eisenstein, and the 'Montage of Attractions': An Approach to Film in Theory and Practice - , 2006-12-1Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:34:00+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:35:16+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:35:26+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:35:45+00:00
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Background Reading: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4 items)
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PERFORMATIVITY IN BUÑUEL'S THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY AND THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE - , 2008Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:36:12+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:36:29+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Discuss the continuity and divergences in cinematic approaches between the two Buñuel films.
- Critically assess Buñuels's critique of borgeois behaviour.
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Week Eleven (15 items)
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Core Films (2 items)
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Audio Visual | Essential2011-01-26T10:40:04+00:00
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Background Reading: Resnais (5 items)
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:45:37+00:00
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Marienbad Revisited - , 1982Article | Recommended | Not available from Keele Library collection2011-01-26T10:45:48+00:00
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:46:34+00:00
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Background Reading: Greenaway (7 items)
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Book | Recommended2011-01-26T10:47:55+00:00
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Webpage | Recommended2011-01-26T10:48:34+00:00
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Article | Recommended2011-01-26T10:48:48+00:00
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Chapter | Recommended2011-01-26T10:48:57+00:00
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Presentation, Discussion and Essay Topics (1 item)
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- Dicuss ways in which Last Year at Marienbad influences The Draughtman's Contract.
- Discuss the figure of Mr. Neville as a representation of the artist, and of the auteur.
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Week Twelve (1 item)
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Review, overview, conclusions and exam preparation.
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