140359 VO Southern African Cinematography (2014S)
1913 - Present, Colonialism through Autocracy to Democracy
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Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 07.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 14.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 21.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 28.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 04.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 11.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 02.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 09.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 16.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 23.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 30.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 06.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 13.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 20.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
- Friday 27.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The proposed course will trace the genealogy of Southern African [South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia and Malawi] cinematography from colonial times through to the present day. The course begins in 1913 with the first major locally produced feature film Die Voortrekker (Harold M. Shaw, 1916) dramatizing the Afrikaaners’ historic trek from the Cape of Good Hope to what is now Zambia. The historical role of film as primarily a didactic or openly propagandistic tool has morphed in post-independence Africa into what is seen as part of a nation building exercise where a developing cinematic culture speaks for and to citizens of the emerging nations. Aspects of identity, representation and ideology will be examined via Warren Buckland’s The Cognitive Semiotics of Film and Slavoj Zizek’s Living in the End Times. Context, conditions of production and patterns of consumption will be presented to gain a deeper understanding of the specificities of Southern African cinematography. The course will present film from the region both chronologically and comparatively.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam during the final lecture date.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- To gain a broad overview of the history and developments in African cinematography in Southern Africa
- To obtain a broad understanding of film theory
- To undertake ideological analyses of film both colonial and modern
- To understand the regional differences in production and consumption
- To obtain an in-depth understanding of the current film industry in Southern Africa
- To obtain a broad understanding of film theory
- To undertake ideological analyses of film both colonial and modern
- To understand the regional differences in production and consumption
- To obtain an in-depth understanding of the current film industry in Southern Africa
Examination topics
Primarily lectures, film viewings with tutorial format for short discussions
Reading list
Mandatory reading:
Articles:
Hay, Rod. New Horizons: A short history of South African film in: Metro Magazin, 150, 134-139
Reid, Julie. The remythologisation of white collective identities in post-apartheid South African film by myth and counter myth in: COMMUNICATIO Volume 38 (1) 2012 pp. 4563
Kilian, Cassia. African Utopias: 50 years of African Film in: Africa Spectrum, 45, 3, 147-159.
Barlet, Olivier. Faguer-Redig, Thibaud (translator) Five Decades of African Film Black Camera: An International Film Journal, 2010 Summer, Vol.1(2), pp.92-102
Books:
Selected extracts from:
Buckland, Warren. The Cognitive Semiotics of Film. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
Zizek, Slavoj. Living in the End times, London: Verso, 2010.
Gugler, Josef. African film : re-imagining a continent. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Univ. Press 2003
Films: Viewing of selected Southern African films.
Articles:
Hay, Rod. New Horizons: A short history of South African film in: Metro Magazin, 150, 134-139
Reid, Julie. The remythologisation of white collective identities in post-apartheid South African film by myth and counter myth in: COMMUNICATIO Volume 38 (1) 2012 pp. 4563
Kilian, Cassia. African Utopias: 50 years of African Film in: Africa Spectrum, 45, 3, 147-159.
Barlet, Olivier. Faguer-Redig, Thibaud (translator) Five Decades of African Film Black Camera: An International Film Journal, 2010 Summer, Vol.1(2), pp.92-102
Books:
Selected extracts from:
Buckland, Warren. The Cognitive Semiotics of Film. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
Zizek, Slavoj. Living in the End times, London: Verso, 2010.
Gugler, Josef. African film : re-imagining a continent. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Univ. Press 2003
Films: Viewing of selected Southern African films.
Association in the course directory
SAL, EC-148
IE: VM4, VM6,
MA Anglophone Literatures and Cultures: M-07 - Transdisziplinäres Modul (Code: MA7)
IE: VM4, VM6,
MA Anglophone Literatures and Cultures: M-07 - Transdisziplinäres Modul (Code: MA7)
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