Universität Wien

110242 UE Accompanying course to the turorials (2025W)

Filme im Gespräch - Aktuelle Stimmen des lusophonen Kinos

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 11 - Romanistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Voraussetzungen lt. Studienplan:
Absolvierung der StEOP
We 03.12. 13:15-14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Wednesday 17.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Wednesday 07.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Wednesday 14.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Wednesday 21.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8
  • Wednesday 28.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 7 (3B-O1-16A) UniCampus Hof 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course offers an introduction to central themes and questions of Lusophone cinema. Based on selected films from various Portuguese-speaking contexts, students will discuss key topics such as cultural memory, colonial image politics, social self-reflection, gender and power relations, migration, and post-/decolonial revisions of history.

The aim of the course is to develop students’ ability to independently analyse films within their cultural and historical contexts and to foster an awareness of cinematic memory politics and forms of representation. Following a thematic introduction, students will engage critically with the selected films and relevant theoretical approaches, analysing aesthetic strategies and exploring methods of interpretation. Collective discussions and film talks will serve to deepen analytical skills and encourage critical reflection from multiple perspectives.

The course takes place in parallel with the Lusophone Film Series.

Assessment and permitted materials

Short presentation of one film (introduction of key aspects of one’s own analysis/interpretation)
Moderation of a film discussion (including the preparation ofRegular attendance (as this is a block seminar, one unexcused absence is permitted), prior viewing and preparation of the films, and active participation in discussions. questions)
Oral final examination, in which the discussed films and theoretical approaches are related and critically reflected upon

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance (as this is a block seminar, one unexcused absence is permitted), prior viewing and preparation of the films, and active participation in discussions.

Assessment criteria:
Short presentation 30 points
Moderation 30 points
Oral examination 40 points

Here’s the translation:

Very good (1): 100–90; Good (2): 89–79; Satisfactory (3): 78–65; Sufficient (4): 64–51; Insufficient/Fail (5): below 51

Examination topics

The exam material consists of the content discussed in the course; the films covered and the theoretical approaches should be related to one another and critically reflected upon.

Reading list

Bibliography (selection):
Assmann, Aleida (2017), Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft. Grundbegriffe, Themen, Fragestellungen, Berlin: Erich Schmidt.
Erll, Astrid (2017), Kollektives Gedächtnis und Erinnerungskulturen. Eine Einführung, Stuttgart: Metzler.
Erll, Astrid and Nünning, Ansgar (2004), Medien des kollektiven Gedächtnisses. Konstruktivität, Historizität, Kulturspezifität, Berlin and New York: De Gruyter.
Greiner, Rasmus (2021), Cinematic Histospheres: On the Theory and Practice of Historical Films, Cham: Springer Nature.
Greiner, Rasmus and Wahl, Chris (eds) (2023), Audiovisual History. Film als Quelle und Historiofotie, Berlin: Bertz + Fischer.
Hirsch, Marianne (2012), The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture After the Holocaust, New York: Columbia University Press.
Lim, Jie-Hyun and Rosenhaft, Eve (2021), Mnemonic Solidarity. Global Interventions, Cham: Springer.
Rosenstone, Robert A. (2023), History on Film/Film on History, New York: Routledge.
Stölzl, Lena (2020), Filmische Verortung von Geschichte. Bewegungen des Sichtbarmachens historischer Schauplätze, Berlin: Neofelis.
White, Hayden (1988), ‘Historiography and Historiophoty’, The American Historical Review, 93:5, pp. 1193–99.

Association in the course directory

BA: Alternative Erweiterungen
MA: (rom. Interessensmodul)
LA: Wahlfach

Last modified: Fr 14.11.2025 13:26