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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title Otherness in European Cinema
Module Code LC594
School SALIS
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Module TeacherBrigitte Le Juez
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
INACTIVE - The module offers a comparative survey of cinema from France, Germany, Italy and Spain (with reference at times to other European cinemas). The comparison is pursued through the theme of Otherness as represented in the different national cinemas.

Learning Outcomes
1. Analyse, compare and contrast the mode and content of representations of Otherness in specific films.
2. Evaluate critically the role of film in questioning the norms and values of modern society through representations of Otherness.
3. Demonstrate insight into the relationships between different European cinematic traditions.
4. Discuss coherently literary and/ or intercultural elements in European cinema.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Weekly lectures
Assignment40Research for and preparation of essay
Independent learning186Reading and Viewing
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Indicative Syllabus:.
The focus of the course will be Otherness, in a variety of periods and genres of films from France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Otherness in this sense is understood as relating to the identity of self and society/ group, and is a way of identifying the processes by which the individual, society and groups excludes those they feel do not fit into their society’s norms and values. Representations of Otherness will be considered in a thematic way with lectures structured around the topics of criminality, socio-political issues, gender, and ethnic-cultural encounters in each of the national cinema. Each lecture will be based on the presentation of one these and a discussion of films viewed. Discussion will place emphasis on the work of individual directors, on the context of the national cinemas of the time and on the changing treatment of the Other in European cinema and culture with reference to literary and artistic parallels..

Indicative films: Criminality/ Monsters.
Lang, 'M',Murnau, 'Nosferatu',Wienem, 'Cabinet of Dr Caligari',Audiard, 'Un prophète',Becker, 'Le Trou',Feuillade, 'Fantomas',Bellochio, 'Fists in the Pocket',Garrone, 'Gomorrah',Rosi, 'Salvatore Giuliano', 'Il caso Mattei'..

Indicative films: Socio-Political.
Renoir, 'Boudu sauvé des eaux',Truffaut, 'Les 400 coups',Costa-Gavras, 'L’aveu',Varda, 'Vagabond',Vigo, 'L’Atalante',Fassbinder, 'The Marriage of Maria Braun',Herzog, 'The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser',Wenders, 'The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty',Amelio, 'The Stolen Children',De Sica, 'Bicycle Thieves',Rossellini, 'Rome Open City',Visconti, 'Ossessione'..

Indicative films: Gender.
Godard, 'Vivre sa vie',Varda, 'Cléo de 5 à 7',Bertolucci, 'The Conformist',Ozpetek, 'The Ignorant Fairies',Almodóvar, 'Volver',Bollaín, 'Take My Eyes'..

Indicative films: Ethnic-Cultural Encounters.
Bouchareb, 'Days of Glory',Ferroukh, Le Grand Voyage',Gatlif, 'Gadjo Dilo',Kassovitz, 'La Haine',Kechiche, 'Couscous',Akin,'Head On',Baser, '40m of Germany',Fassbinder, 'Fear Eats up the Soul ',Bollaín, 'Flores de otro mundo',León de Aranoa, 'Princesas'..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayStudents choose one from a list of essay titles and write a 3,000-4,000 word essay.100%Sem 2 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • Raymond Corbey and Joep Leerssen (Eds): 1991, Alterity, Identity, Image: Selves and Others in Society and Scholarship, 9051832516
  • Richard Dyer and Ginette Vincendeau (Eds): 1992, Popular European Cinema, 0415068029
  • Thomas Elsaesser: 2005, European Cinema, 9053566023
  • Wendy E. Everett (Ed): 1996, European Identity in Cinema, 1871516919
  • Wendy E. Everett and Axel Goodbody (Eds): 2005, Revisiting Space: Space and Place in European Cinema, 3039102648
  • Elizabeth Ezra (Ed): 2003, European Cinema, 0199255717
  • Angus Finney: 1996, The State of European Cinema, 0304333026
  • Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli: 2003, From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema, 1860648509
  • Duncan Petrie (Ed): 1992, Screening Europe, 0851703216
  • Phil Powrie, Ann Davies and Bruce Babington (Eds): 2004, The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema, 1904764088
  • Guido Rings and Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas (Eds): 2003, European Cinema: Inside Out. Images of the Self and the Other in Postcolonial European Film, 382531474X
  • Luisa Rivi: 2007, European Cinema after 1989, 9780230600249
  • Isabel Santaolalla: 2000, "New" Exoticisms: Changing Patterns in the Construction of Otherness., 9042012625
  • Ulrike Sieglohr (Ed): 2000, Heroines without Heroes, 0304702498
  • Pierre Sorlin: 1991, European Cinemas, European Societies, 1939-1990, 0415047870
  • Fabio Vighi: 2009, Sexual Difference in European Cinema, 9780230549258
  • Ginette Vincendeau (Ed): 1995, Encyclopedia of European Cinema, 0304341649
  • Mary P. Wood: 2007, Contemporary European Cinema, 0340761369
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