| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree Without Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) will be able to discuss the role of the film industry in the development of contemporary American culture,
2) will be able to investigate the complex interrelationship between film and American cinema audiences,
3) will be able to analyze films in terms of both content and the process of production and discuss their significance in the development of American identity.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course is a combination of the study of American film history and of the varied attempts to represent aspects of American culture on film. The course will examine matters such as the role of Hollywood as a culture industry, HUAC and Hollywood, and the role of ethnic and racial groups in American cinema. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction | | 2nd Week | The Silent Era: The Search for an American Identity on Screen | | 3rd Week | The Hollywood Studio System: Mass Production and the Creation of American Dreams | | 4th Week | Hollywood At War - or How America Fought Its Battles on Screen | | 5th Week | Hollywood At War - or How America Fought Its Battles on Screen | | 6th Week | Student Presentations | | 7th Week | Student Presentations | | 8th Week | The Fifties: An Insecure Age | | 9th Week | The Sixties: the Break-up of the Studio System and the Search for Independence | | 10th Week | The Seventies: The New Hollywood Cinema | | 11th Week | The Eighties and Beyond: Hollywood Goes Global | | 12th Week | The Eighties and Beyond: Hollywood Goes Global | | 13th Week | Student Presentations | | 14th Week | Student Presentations |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema I - The Movement-Image. Trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberjam. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1986.
---. Cinema II - The Time-Image. Trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Roberta Galeta. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1989.
Jameson, Fredric. The Geopolitical Aesthetic: Cinema and Space in the World System. London: British Film Institute, 1992.
Morin, Edgar. Stars. London: Calder and Boyars, 1959.
Tomlin, Robert Brent. History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past. Urbana and Chicago: U of Illinois P, 1996.
Wood, Michael. Movie-Made America. New York: Columbia UP, 1982.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Project | 1 | 30 | | Attendance | 1 | 10 | | Presentation of Article | 2 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | | | | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 5 | 70 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Homework | | | | | Project | 1 | 60 | 60 | | Article Presentation | 2 | 25 | 50 | | Weekly Articles and Resource Research | 14 | 5 | 70 | | Total Workload | | | 305 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 10,16 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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