Filming the nation: the recent past in European cinema
Pavlos Andronikos
12 points
* 2-3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
Objectives By the completion of this subject, students are expected to have seen all of the prescribed films and to have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of their historical and cultural background; of the major ideological and political developments in Europe between the Wars and after the second World War; of the relationship between cultural productions and socio-political realities; and of the nature of cinematic narrative.
Synopsis 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 (subtitled) European films will be studied, including works by Angelopoulos, Bertolucci, Bunuel, Saura, and de Sica.
Assessment Written (6500 words): 70%
* Examinations (2.5 hours):
30%
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