Film Analysis

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=Formal Elements of Film Analysis=

'''Narrative Film'''

(Helmut Korte, ''Einführung in die systematische Fimlanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch'', Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2nd ed. 2001, 1st ed. 2000.)

:Einstellung
::Einstellungsgrößen (p. 25 ff):
::Panorama, Totale, Halbtotale, knee-shot, nah, groß, Detail.

:Kamerabewegungen:
::Ranfahrt, Rückfahrt, Seitfahrt, Parallelfahrt.
::Schwenk
::[zoom]

:Einstellungverbindungen:
::Überblendung
::Schnitt (weich oder hart)
::Schuss-Gegenschuss (‘Over-the-shoulder-shot’)

:Kamera-, Blickperspektive: [unten oben]
::Subjektive Kamera (‘Point of view shot’)

:Transkriptionen:
::Einstellungsprotokoll (numerierung pro einstellung; länge in sekunden; Kameraaktivitäten; Beschreibung des Bildinhalts, Handlungsablaufs etc.; Tontrakt: Dialoge, Geräusche, Musik)
::Sequenzprotokoll

2007 BM1 Introduction to Literature, Part 2

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The second part of our Basismodule focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering seven parallel courses (supported by tutorials). Please make sure that you are registered in Stud.IP both for the main page of the module and for your individual course.
All parallel courses have a common structure, but each course may differ in emphasis. You will find information relating to all the courses on this page, and the pages for the individual courses for information on your course:

* [[2007 BM1-A Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-A Olaf Simons, Mo 14-16]]
* [[2007 BM1-B Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-B Anton Kirchhofer, Tu 14-16]]
* [[2007 BM1-C Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-C Olaf Simons, Tu 14-16]]
* [[2007 BM1-D Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-D Anna Auguscik, Tu 14-16]]
* [[2007 BM1-E Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-E Olaf Simons, We 16-18]]
* [[2007 BM1-F Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-F Katharina Schneider, AK, OS, Fr 8-10]]
* [[2007 BM1-G Introduction to Literature, Part 2|2007 BM1-G Annika McPherson, Tu 12-14]]

The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice. You should make sure to read at least those texts that are dealt with in your course.

The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lectures (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after.

Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below) and as a master copy at Wersig.
In addition you will need to purchase the Shakespeare play read in your course in an Arden Edition (ca. 14 EUR at the CvO bookshop).

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (in week 4, 7 and 10 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (due August 15 2007). The assignments are limited to a max. of 2-3 pages of text, formatted according to the style sheet, and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents and a short bibliography).

Tutorials will help you to practise your analysis skills and support you in doing your assignments and Research Paper Outline.

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==A Poem==

'''Texts'''

William Blake, Jerusalem.

'''Skills and Activities'''

Group work with presentations:
# What is poetic about this poem?
# What are the Themes of the poem?
# What historical contexts?
# What is its cultural significance (then and later/now)?

Seminar discussion: What discourses did you employ? What traditions do they belong to? How does this relate back to the lecture of the Winter Term? Survey of the coming Term.

==Poetry and Poetics==

'''Analytical Tools'''

*[[Handout: Analysing Poetry 1]]
* Sources: Culler 161-178; Ludwig, 42-43; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English

'''Texts'''

Astrophil, Percy, Christina Rossetti

'''Skills and Activities'''

Structural approach to poetry: Communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the Sonnet

==Poetry and Poetics: Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Ludwig 55-65; G. Leech, 147-157

'''Texts'''

George Herbert, "The Deniall", Emily Dickinson

'''Skills and Activities'''

Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects). [assignment 1 given]

==Rhetoric==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Plett 3-22, 102-105

'''Texts'''

One of the three Shakespeare plays
*[[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|''Richard III'' (1597)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice (1600)|''Merchant of Venice'' (1600)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Hamlet (1603)|''Hamlet'' (1603)]]

'''Skills and Activities'''

A speech from the Shakespeare play of the next four sessions [assignment 1 due]

==Dramatic Structures, Dramatic Communication==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147

'''Texts'''

One of the three Shakespeare plays
*[[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|''Richard III'' (1597)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice (1600)|''Merchant of Venice'' (1600)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Hamlet (1603)|''Hamlet'' (1603)]]

'''Skills and Activities'''

Exposition

==Drama: Characters and Genre Aspects==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Pfister 183 - 195

'''Texts'''

One of the three Shakespeare plays
*[[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|''Richard III'' (1597)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice (1600)|''Merchant of Venice'' (1600)]]
*[[Shakespeare, Hamlet (1603)|''Hamlet'' (1603)]]

'''Skills and Activities'''

Distinguish modes of characterisation [assignment 2 given]

==Drama and Fiction==

'''Analytical Tools'''

*Aristotle, Poetics
*[[Huet, Treatise of Romances (1672)|Huet, Pierre Daniel, ''Treatise of Romances'' [1670] (1672)]]
*[[Boileau, Art of Poetry (1687)|Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, ''Art of Poetry'' (1687)]]

'''Texts'''

*Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown
*Coover, Magic Poker

'''Skills and Activities'''

An understanding of genres in the context of traditional poetics, and of the

==Fiction 1==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Rimmon-Kenan

'''Texts'''

*Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown
*Catherine Mansfield, ''The Voyage''
*Coover, ''Magic Poker''

'''Skills and Activities'''

Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned]

==Fiction 2==

'''Analytical Tools'''

Rimmon-Kenan

'''Texts'''

*Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown
*Catherine Mansfield, ''The Voyage''
*Coover, ''Magic Poker''

'''Skills and Activities'''

Plot and Characters. [assignment 3 given]

==Film==

'''Analytical Tools'''

* [[Handout Film Analysis]]
* David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)

'''Texts'''

Pulp Fiction

'''Skills and Activities'''

Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [assignment 3 due]

==Beyond the Canon 1==

'''Analytical Tools'''

'''Texts'''

[[Mandeville, Voyages (1705)|John Mandeville, ''Voyages'' [c. 1360] (1705)]]

'''Skills and Activities'''

Literary Analysis and non-literary materials, [assignment 3 returned]

==Beyond the Canon 2==

'''Analytical Tools'''

'''Texts'''

Orientalist GEO, Time Life, Palestine, India etc.

'''Skills and Activities'''

Literary Analysis and non-literary materials

==Term Paper Projects==

'''Skills and Activities'''

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects

Angl-Am - User contributions [en]

Film Analysis

2007 BM1 Introduction to Literature, Part 2