Reading the past: European cinema, history and national identity
P Andronikos
8 points * 2-3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MGR1070 or MGR1080
A survey of the contribution of European cinema to the (re) construction of national identities, with particular reference to the interpretations of the recent past offered by postwar European cinema and the way in which the ideological turmoil that resulted from the two world wars is reflected in and portrayed by the films studied. A selection of European films will be studied including works by Angelopoulos, Bertolucci, Buñuel, Saura, de Sica, and Voulgaris. In their assessed work students must cover all of the prescribed Greek films.
Assessment
Written (3500 words): 60% * Examinations (2.5 hours): 40% * Option of 2500-word essay in place of the examination
Prescribed texts
Angelopoulos T Taxithi sta Kithira Aigokeros
Angelopoulos T O thiasos Themelio
Voulgaris P Petrina chronia Aigokeros