Universität Wien

080022 UE Byzantium in Films (2021W)

Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 12.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 19.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 09.11. 11:00 - 16:00 Digital
  • Sunday 14.11. 11:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
  • Tuesday 16.11. 11:00 - 16:00 Digital
  • Sunday 21.11. 11:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In dieser Übung werden wir analysieren, wie sich die Rezeption und Konstruktion des ehemaligen byzantinischen Reiches mit seinen kulturellen Eigenheiten im Medium Film seit dem Anfang des 20. Jhs. niederschlägt und spiegelt. Es werden Fragen nach der Verortung von Byzanz in der globalen Film- und Kunstgeschichte, sowie nach dessen Stellenwert in Fremdzuschreibungen und Nationenkonstruktionen unterschiedlicher Länderkontexte gestellt.

Assessment and permitted materials

- Participation in discussion (onsite and online).
- Presentation of research findings
- By registering to this course, participants agree that Turnitin might be used for assignments submitted via Moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements:
- Regular attendance (onsite and online).
- Participation in classroom discussion
- Mandatory for grading: completion of all assignments.

Assessment criteria:
- Participation in discussion: 30%
- Timely completion of short assignments: 30%
- Presentation: 40%

Grading:
100 - 87,6 % = 1, sehr gut
87,5 - 75,1 % = 2, gut
75,0 - 62,6 % = 3, befriedigend
62,5 - 50 % = 4, genügend
49,9 - 0 % = 5, nicht genügend

Examination topics

N/A

Reading list

Reading knowledge of English and German is required. Essential literature and reading assignments will be posted on Moodle.

Selection:
Bayrı, Buket Kitapcı. “Contemporary Perception of Byzantium in Turkish Cinema: The Cross-Examination of Battal Gazi Films with the Battalname.” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 37, no. 1 (2013): 81–91.
Haydock, Nickolas, and Edward L Risden, eds. Hollywood in the Holy Land : Essays on Film Depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim Clashes. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009.
Marciniak, Przemysław. “And the Oscar Goes to...the Emperor! Byzantium in the Cinema.” In Wanted, Byzantium : The Desire for a Lost Empire, edited by Paul Stephenson and Ingela Nilsson, 247–55. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, 2014.
Ramey, Lynn Tarte, and Tison Pugh, eds. Race, Class, and Gender in “Medieval” Cinema. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Shlapentokh, Dmitry. “The Death of the Byzantine Empire and Construction of Historical/Political Identities in Late Putin Russia.” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 15, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 69–96.
Todorova, Maria. “Conversion to Islam as a Trope in Bulgarian Historiography, Fiction and Film.” In Balkan Identities. Nation and Memory, edited by Maria Todorova, 129–57. London: Hurst & Company, 2004.

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