AMERICAN CINEMA

ACL512

Course Code: ACL512
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

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Semester

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Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Know the methods for film analyses, and film.
Analyze representations of cultural concepts in American film history.

Mode of Delivery

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Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course examines American film history with a specific focus on the representation of cultural concepts such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and ability in American film. The course also depicts the methodology required for studying cinema from a scholarly perspective.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course & to the Study of Film
2^nd Week	Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film Chapter 1: Looking at Movies Chapter 2: Principles of Film Form
3^rd Week	Chapter 3: Types of Movies Chapter 4: Elements of Narrative
4^th Week	Chapter 10: Film History, Film Analysis: The Birth of a Nation (1915)
5^th Week	America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies PART I Culture and American Film, Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Film Form and Representation Chapter 2: The Structure and History of Hollywood Filmmaking
6^th Week	PART II Race and Ethnicity and American Film Chapter 3: The Concept of Whiteness and American Film, Chapter 4: African Americans and American Film, Film Analysis: Once Upon a Time in America (1984), American History X (1998)
7^th Week	HOLIDAY
8^th Week	Chapter 5: Native Americans and American Film, Chapter 6: Asian Americans and American Film Chapter 7: Latinos and American Film Film Analysis: Smoke Signals (1998), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), My Family/Mi Familia (1995)
9^th Week	In-Class Film Analysis Presentations (Essay Version to be Submitted the Next Week)
10^th Week	PART III Class and American Film Chapter 8: Classical Hollywood Cinema and Class Chapter 9: Cinematic Class Struggle after the Depression Film Analysis: Revolutionary Road (2008), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
11^th Week	PART IV Gender and American Film Chapter 10: Women in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking Chapter 11: Exploring the Visual Parameters of Women in Film, Film Analysis: Thelma and Louise (1991), The Help (2011)
12^th Week	Chapter 12: Masculinity in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking Chapter 13: Gender in American Film since the 1960s Film Analysis: Grease (1978), The Hateful Eight (2015)
13^th Week	In-Class Film Analysis Presentations (Essay Version to be Submitted the Next Week)
14^th Week	HOLIDAY
15^th Week	PART V Sexuality and American Film Chapter 14: Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, and Classical Hollywood Chapter 15: Sexualities on Film since the Sexual Revolution PART VI Ability and American Film Chapter 16: Cinematic Images of (Dis)Ability, Film Analysis: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Transamerica (2005), Children of a Lesser God (1986), Philadelphia (1993)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13