Objectives and competences
The aim of the course is to familiarise the students with main milestones in relation between literature and film from theoretical and historical point of view and provide them with methodological instruments for comparative analysis and interpretation of both fictional narratives considering their specifics, with special accent on paradigmatic German literary films.
Content (Syllabus outline)
? Literature and film as semiotic system and fictional media, forms of literary presence in film
? Intermedial correlations:
- theoretical aspects: genrepoetical and filmtheoretical concepts
- historical aspects: German literary film in European context
? Literary and film esthetic: literary procedures in film and film techniques in literature
? Literary and film narration: means, techniques and strategies
? Analysing and interpretation of paradigmatic literary films in comparison with literary work as well as films with selected topics in intercultural and memorial perspective, considering specifities of both narratives
Learning and teaching methods
? Explanation,
? Report,
? Debate.
The information and communications technology is used for educational purposes in the teaching and learning process.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Describe basic characteristic of literary and film media
? Describe basic filmtheoretical concepts
? Identify interferences between literature and film in German culture in intercultural perspective from the beginning of 20th century till nowdays
? Compare specifics of literary and film narration
? Understand and apply methods and techniques for intermedial analyse of fictional narration
? Understand and apply methods and techniques of intermedial analysis of fictional narrative
? Understand and apply instruments for transferring literary sequence to film and some other modern media
? Identifiy memorial function of different media subsystems with special accent on its inter- and transcultural perspective
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
? communication skills (written skills in home-work assignements and oral and writing skills in oral presentation),
? use of information technology (seeking of
information on the web).
Readings
Dramaturgie des Spielfilms. Paderborn: Fink.
?Faulstich, Werner.2013: Grundkurs Filmanalyse. Paderborn: Fink.
? Jacobsen, W./Kaes, A./Prinzler, H.-H. (Hrsg.). 2004: Geschichte des deutschen Films. Stuttgart: Metzler.
? Neuhaus, S. (Hrsg.) 2008: Literatur im Film. Beispiele einer Medienbeziehung. Würzburg: Königshausen&Neumann.
?Paech, Joachim 1997: Literatur und Film. Stuttgart: Metzler.
?Sternberg, Claudia (2004): Film und Literaturwissenschaft. In: Ralf Schneider (Hrsg.): Literaturwissenschaft in Theorie und Praxis. Tübingen: Narr.
Seznam primarne literature in aktualnih krajših člankov dobi študent/študentka ob začetku semestra./The student will get a list of primary texts and the currrent short articles at the beginning of the semester.
Prerequisits
Prerequisits for acceding the course:
None.
Conditions for prerequisits:
None.
Additional information on implementation and assessment ? Homework assignments and active participation - 40 %
? Oral presentation - 60 %
