Course Description

This course aims to introduce students to Film Studies in a historical and a thematic perspective (from the 19th to the 21st C.). It also intends to explore the relationship between Film and other media (be it painting, photography and/or social media).

19世紀から21世紀にかけての歴史的・テーマ的な観点から、映画研究を学生に紹介することを目的とする。 また、映画と他のメディア（絵画、写真、ソーシャルメディアなど）との関係を探求する。

Sep 06 Students self-introduction + Introduction to the class topic.

Sep 11 Chap. 1 “Auteur Theory” + Chap. 2 “Adaptation” from RUTH DAUGHTY AND CHRISTINE ETHERINGTON-WRIGHT, UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY, LONDON, PALGRAVE, 2018.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Sep 13 Chap. 3 “Genre Theory” from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Sep 18 Case Study: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954).

Sep 20 Group discussion on the Case Study.

Sep 25 Quiz 1 + Chap. 4 “Formalism” + Chap. 5 “Structuralism and Post-Structuralism” from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Sep 27 Chap. 6 “Marxism” from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Oct 02 Case Study: The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959).

Oct 04 Group discussion on the Case Study.

Oct 09 Quiz 2 + Chap. 7 “Realism” + Chap. 8 “Postmodernism” + from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Oct 11 Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Oct 16 Quiz 3 + Chap. 10 “Feminism” + Chap. 12 “Queer Theory” from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Oct 18 Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Oct 23 Case Study: Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959).

Oct 25 Quiz 4 + Group discussion on the Case Study

Oct 30 Quiz 5 + Chap. 13 “Race and Ethnicity” + Chap. 14 “Postcolonial and Transnational Cinema” from UNDERSTANDING FILM THEORY.

Group discussion on the “Reflect and Respond” questions.

Nov 01 Group Paper Work.

Nov 06 Group Paper Work.

Nov 08 Group Paper Work.