- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Fiction literature and movies as a primary source 3104-M2OS-17GSZEL-OG
The main subject of the course is the question how primary sources of a fictional character – like novels and feature movies – could be used by historians in their analysis. Can such sources be regarded as reliable sources at all? What kind of critical questions should a historian formulate when using such sources? Is poetry useful as a source, or is it only a realistic novel that can be used by a historian? The same problems and issues appear when dealing with movies, especially feature (fiction) movies. But what about the documentary? Is a reliable and true primary source? Or an artistic creation of the director? The above questions will be asked when dealing with all examples of literature and movies. As an introduction to the course we’ll discuss methodological and theoretical problems. All movies and novels are only my proposition, I’m open to any new examples.
Type of course
elective courses
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student is introduced to the basic knowledge how to deal with fictional primary sources like feature movies and belle lettre. Upon completion of the course, the student is familiar to the methodological aspects and is capable to analyse various examples of the above mentioned sources.
Assessment criteria
The main conditions of evaluation are:
The student’s presence at the meeting (max. three days of absence)
The student’s activity during the course
A proper level of knowledge during the discussion
Bibliography
Hannu Salmi, Nineteenth-Century Europe. A Cultural History, Polity 2008.
A. Aldgate, Cinema and History. British Newsreel and the Spanish Civil War, London 1979.
S. Kracauer, From Caligari to Hitler. A Psychological History of the German Film, Princeton 1947.
Image as Artifact. The Historical Analysis of Film and Television, red. J. E. O`Connor, Malabar, Fl. 1990
Franco Moretti-Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900-Verso (1998)
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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