HISTORICAL CINEMA: REPRESENTING THE PAST IN FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY
| Title | ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΣ: ΑΝΑΠΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΤΑΣ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΕΛΘΟΝ ΣΤΗ ΜΥΘΟΠΛΑΣΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΝΤΟΚΙΜΑΝΤΕΡ / HISTORICAL CINEMA: REPRESENTING THE PAST IN FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY |
| Code | Y-B1 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Film |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Eleftheria Thanouli |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600017063 |
Programme of Study: PMS Kinīmatografikés kai Tīleoptikés Spoudés
Registered students: 1
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600287616
|
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600287616
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students: a. will be acquainted with the key formal, philosophical and ideological questions that relate to the representation of history on the screen, and b. will be able to analyse and contextualize any filmic text that portrays historical events and personalities.
General Competences
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course will discuss the representation of history in the cinema, bringing together theories and concepts from written historiography and film theory. It will overview the trajectories of historical studies and film studies as two disciplines, which share several formal, aesthetic, ideological and institutional elements and it will address the historical work, whether on paper or on film, as a cultural artifact that produces both knowledge and power at any given society.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Description
history, representation, cinema, film, historiography
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 50 | 1.7 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 170 | 5.7 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 80 | 2.7 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 300 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
The students are evaluated based on an obligatory written essay (100% of their grade)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Thanouli, Eleftheria. History and Film: A Tale of Two Disciplines. New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.
Rosenstone, Robert. History on film/film on history. New York: Routledge, 2014.
Stubbs, Jonathan. The Historical Film: A Critical Introduction. New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.
Burgoyne, Robert. The Hollywood historical film. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
Last Update
16-01-2024
