Modernism and the Cinema (10 credit points)

Content of Course

1. The Birth of Modernism in Art

2. Early Modernist films

Dziga Vertov and Fritz Lang. Man With A Movie Camera and Metropolis.

3. The Cinema of the Avant-Garde

Germaine Dulac, Luis Bunuel, Maya Deren. The Seashell and the Clergyman, Un chien andalou, Meshes of the Afternoon.

4. Alain Resnais

Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year in Marienbad, Muriel.

5. Michelangelo Antonion

L'Avventura, La Notte, L'Eclisse, Il Deserto Rosso.

6. Ingmar Bergman

Wild Strawberries, The Silence, Persona.

7. Andrei Tarkovsky

Ivan's Childhood and Mirro.

8. Eastern European Modernism

Jan Nemec and Andrzej Żuławski. Diamonds of the Night and The Third Part of the Night.

9. Modernism and the New German Cinema

Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog. Alice in the Cities and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.

10. Modernism in British Cinema

Joseph Losey, Ken Russell, Nicolas RoegAccident, Women in Love, Don't Look Now.

11. Unseen assessment and credit essay workshop

Sources

Core Readings

Essential:

• Kovacs, A. 2007. Screening Modernism: European Art Cinema. Chicago: Chicago University Press.

Recommended

• Bradbury, M. and McFarlane, J. (eds). 1976. Modernism. London: Penguin.

• Orr, J. and Taxidou, O. (eds). 2000. Post-War Cinema and Modernity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

• Orr, J. 2010. Romantics and Modernists in British Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Assessments

10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.

Studying for Credit

If you choose to study for credit you will need to allocate significant time outwith classes for coursework and assessment preparation. Credit points gained from this course can count towards the Certificate of Higher Education.

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

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