Universität Wien

010106 SE Cinema in Dialogue with Humanities and Social Sciences: Religion, Film and Culture (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Theologien und Religionswiss.
Continuous assessment of course work
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Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 04.03. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 11.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 11.03. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 18.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 18.03. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 08.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 08.04. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 15.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 15.04. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 22.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 22.04. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 29.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 29.04. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 06.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 06.05. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 13.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 13.05. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 27.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 27.05. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 03.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 03.06. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 10.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 10.06. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 17.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 17.06. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 24.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Monday 24.06. 20:15 - 21:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

TITLE: CINEMA IN DIALOGUE WITH HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: RELIGION, FILM AND CULTURE

The aim of the course is to introduce interdisciplinary studies in religion, film and culture into the University of Vienna. The course is an introduction into the studies of religion and arts in the global context. Focusing on the question of reality and the ways in which reality is communicated through film language, we will consider the ways in which religion and history are represented through film across different cultural contexts, both local and global. The seminars will host film directors and world-leading international professors in the fields of religion and film, and history and film. Developed and led by Dr. Milja Radovic, the PI on the FWF-funded Project “Reframing Space: Film as History”, the course welcomes all interested and will be beneficial for students of different disciplines. The course is held in the English language.

1. Religion, Film and Culture Introduction
2. What is Film? Film Language: Introduction
3. How to Read Film? Methods and Approaches
4. Introduction to Religion and Film
5. Introduction to History and Film
6. Early Film (world cinema, Hollywood, Soviet cinema)
7. Documentary Film: Introduction
8. Religion and History in Film Part 1
9. Religion and History in Film Part 2
10. Propaganda, ideology and political cinema
11. The problem of reality: New Wave – new approaches
12. What is Real on the Reel? Historical and Ontological dimension of film
13. Cinema of Poetry – iconography and film
14. War and Film
15. Creative acts of citizenship, identity and belonging in contemporary cinema

Learning Outcomes
Students will have achieved the following goals:
• Develop an understanding and solid knowledge of film, film language, forms of aesthetics, and codes and modes of representation in documentary and feature film.
• Develop critically informed knowledge about the history of world cinema, film theory and methodologies.
• Develop knowledge about the interdisciplinary academic corpus of research in religion and film.
• Develop critical thinking and understand diverse methods of analysis and approaches in researching representations of religion and history through film.
• Understand the links between film language and other forms of art, such as iconography.
• Be able to engage in thinking and analysis of cinematic space as a unique space that communicates on-screen and off-screen realities.
• Understand film as cultural arena in which local and global identities and beliefs are represented and contested.

Method
The Seminar will combine lectures with reading and interpreting primary films, archival material, texts, methods, and concepts in the class. Seminars will include film screenings and PowerPoint presentations to enable students to visually follow and assess the material
and topics of research.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment and permitted material
- Written seminar paper
- Active participation in the discussions

By registering for the course, participants agree that any coursework will be checked electronically for the presence of plagiarism.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- Regular attendance required
- Active participation in the seminar course and in the discussions
- Written paper according to guidelines for scholarly citations

Examination topics
Literature of the seminar and literature consulted beyond that. Course content (Power Point slides will be available).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment and permitted material
- Written seminar paper
- Active participation in the discussions

By registering for the course, participants agree that any coursework will be checked electronically for the presence of plagiarism.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- Regular attendance required
- Active participation in the seminar course and in the discussions
- Written paper according to guidelines for scholarly citations

Examination topics
Literature of the seminar and literature consulted beyond that. Course content (Power Point slides will be available).

Examination topics

Themen des Seminars; Schwerpunkt auf dem jeweils gewählten Thema

Reading list

John Lyden, ed., The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, New York: Routledge, 2009.

Jolyon Mitchell and S. Brent Plate, eds., The Religion and Film Reader, New York: Routledge, 2007.

Bill Nichols, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.

Milja Radović, Film, Religion and Activist Citizens: An Ontology of Transformative Acts. New York: Routledge, 2019.

Milja Radović, Transnational Cinema and Ideology: Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths. New York: Routledge, 2018.

Robert A. Rosenstone, History on Film/Film on History: Third Edition, New York: Routledge, 2018.

Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time, translated by Kitty Hunter-Blair, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989.

Association in the course directory

für 011 (15W) FTH 17 oder FTH 26, 198 418 BA UF RK 16, 199 518 MA UF RK 02 oder RK 05, 033 195 (17W) BRP 18krp, BRP 18ktb, 066 800 M21

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