WAR TGROUGH FILM

ACL513

Course Code: ACL513
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Identify how film shapes our understanding of the complex nature of war.
Analyze contradictory approaches taken by American screenwriters and directors towards war.

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course outlines how film as a cultural artifact shapes our understanding of the phenomenon of war by studying contemporary American films and analyzing complex approaches taken by screenwriters and directors towards war. It explains the historical value of film that has the potential to shape social and cultural practices. Additionally, the course presents informed arguments regarding the causes, conduct and consequences of war.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	INTRODUCTION to the course
2^nd Week	Elements of Film as a Genre - Methodology of Film Analysis - Theorizing War and Media
3^rd Week	American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 IN-CLASS WRITING 1
4^th Week	The Civil War 1861-1865 and Reconstruction 1865-1877 IN-CLASS WRITING 2
5^th Week	World War I at the Movies IN-CLASS WRITING 3
6^th Week	World War II at the Movies IN-CLASS WRITING 4
7^th Week	World War II and the Hollywood War Film - The World War II Combat Film IN-CLASS WRITING 5
8^th Week	MIDTERM EXAMINATION
9^th Week	The War about the War: Vietnam Films and American Myth IN-CLASS WRITING 6
10^th Week	Cold Wars: Black Soldiers in Liberal Hollywood - Represented in the Margins: Images of African American Soldiers in Vietnam War Combat Films IN-CLASS WRITING 7
11^th Week	Rambo: Getting to Win This Time - The Reagan Hero: Rambo IN-CLASS WRITING 8
12^th Week	New Wars, Spectacle, and Terrorism 1 IN-CLASS WRITING 9
13^th Week	New Wars, Spectacle, and Terrorism 2 IN-CLASS WRITING 10
14^th Week	Revision

Recommended or Required Reading

Hollywood and War: The Film Reader, edited by J. David Slocum (Routledge, 2006)
War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception, by Paul Virilio
The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation, by Tom Engelhardt
The War Film, by Robert. Ed Eberwein

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	10	35
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Total Work Load			0
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			0
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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