Film & Television: Genre Issues

This is a seminar/workshop based course. Therefore, attendance is mandatory (only two absences are excused during the semester). We will not take attendance for the first class which is the students' chance to audit. Attendance will begin in the second class. No new students are allowed from the third class onwards. Students that do not attend the class and/or are absent for more than twice cannot submit an essay/cannot be evaluated.

Important Notice: Regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in written assignments for history/theory courses in the Film Department.According to the guidelines of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), as outlined on the website https://www.lib.auth.gr/el/ai_tools, "the use of AI tools for the creation of assignments that have been assigned to you for evaluation is not permitted." Furthermore, copying sentences, phrases, paragraphs, or entire texts, or even paraphrasing them, "constitutes plagiarism" and is treated as such. For the film history and theory courses (both mandatory and elective), the faculty members of the School of Film Department use the Turnitin tool to detect potential plagiarism of all forms (including AI from all current and future tools). Any assignment that includes more than 20% AI content, according to Turnitin, will not be graded higher than 4/10. The link https://www.lib.auth.gr/el/ai_tools contains useful links to official policies and information regarding AI that have already been established by universities abroad.

The students are evaluated based on a mandatory essay of 2,000-4,000 words including endnotes and bibliography (100%). Essay evaluation criteria • Structure: 1,5/10 • Presentation / Language / Morphology: 2,5/10 • Content: Working Hypothesis / Relevant-adequate bibliography/ appropriate quotations / Originality / Argumentation: 6/10.

Βαμβακάς, Βασίλης & Γρηγόρης Πασχαλίδης (επιμ.). Το Κουτί. Εικόνες της Σύγχρονης Ελλάδας στην Ιδιωτική Τηλεόραση. Αθήνα: Brainfood, 2023. Βασιλειάδου, Δήμητρα et al. (επιμ.). Ανδρισμοί. Αναπαραστάσεις, υποκείμενα και πρακτικές από τη μεσαιωνική μέχρι τη σύγχρονη περίοδο. Αθήνα: Δάρδανος, 2019. Κακαβούλια Μαρία και Περικλής Πολίτης (επιμ.). Αφήγηση: Μια πολυεπιστημονική θεώρηση. Αθήνα: Δάρδανος, 2022. Corrigan, Timothy & Patricia White. H εμπειρία του κινηματογράφου. Μια εισαγωγή. Mτφ. Δ. Αλεξανδρή, επιστ. επιμ. Δέσποινα Κακλαμανίδου. Αθήνα: Κλειδάριθμος, 2020. Pippin, Scott. Φιλμαρισμένη Σκέψη. Μτφ. Γιάννης Μολυνδρής. Αθήνα: Υδροπλάνο, 2023.

Altman, Rick. Film/Genre. London: BFI, 2006. Berry-Flint, Sarah. “Genre,” In A Companion to Film Theory, edited by Robert Stam and Toby Miller, 25-44. Malden, Oxford and Carlton: Blackwell Publishing. 1999. Falconer, Pete. “Genre Theory,” in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory, edited by Edward Branigan and Warren Buckland, 232- 236. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2014. Gary R. Edgerton and Brian G. Rose (eds.). A Contemporary Television Genre Reader. Lexington: Kentucky University Press, 2005. Grant, Barry Keith (ed.) Film Genre Reader IV. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012. Grant, Barry Keith. Film Genre. From Iconography to Ideology. London and New York: Wallflower, 2007. Langford, Barry. Film Genre. Hollywood and Beyond. Edinburgh: Edinburg University Press, 2005. Mittell, Jason. Genre and Television. From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture. New York: Routlege, 2004. Moine, Raphaëlle. Cinema Genre, translated by Alistair Fox and Hilary Radner. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, 2008. Neale, Steve. Genre and Hollywood. London and New York: Routledge, 2000.