American Literature and Film - MA Seminar 1 3301-LAS1ZIA02
During the seminar, participants will be introduced to the theories of literary and cultural studies. Selected literary and/or cultural texts will be discussed to familiarize students with methodologies for text interpretation. The seminar program will prepare students for independent research at the master's level, developing their ability to think critically and write about American culture, society, and media, both past and present. The seminar will also introduce concepts and methodologies related to film studies and film adaptation. Additionally, it offers a historical introduction to American cinema and its major genres.
First semester.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Systematic work and timely writing of individual chapters.
Bibliography
Barker, Chris. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. 2nd ed. Sage Publications, 2005.
Bordwell, David. Narration in the Fiction Film. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
---. The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies. University of California Press, 2006.
Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: Introduction. McGraw Hill, 2010.
Boswell, Parley Ann. Edith Wharton on Film. Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
Braudy, Leo, and Cohen Marshall. Film Theory and Criticism. Oxford, 2009.
Burgett, Bruce and Glenn Hendler, eds. Keywords for American Cultural Studies. NYP, 2007.
Grant, Barry Keith. Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology. Wallflower, 2007.
Miller, Toby, and Robert Stam. A Companion to Film Theory. Blackwell, 2004.
Paryz, Marek, and Leo R. John, editors. The Post-2000 Film Western Contexts, Transnationality, Hybridity. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Slethaug, Gordon. Adaptation Theory and Criticism: Postmodern Literature and Cinema in the USA. Bloomsbury, 2014.
Stam, Robert, and Alessandra Raengo, editors. A Companion to Literature and Film. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Storey, John ed. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.
Villarejo, Amy. Film Studies: The Basics. Routledge, 2007.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-dance with Death. Delacorte Press, 1994.
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Williams, Linda Ruth, and Michael Hammond, editors. Contemporary American Cinema. McGraw Hill, 2006.
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