History of the European Cinema
Courses Degree in European Studies
This course unit offers a historical and analytical vision of the European cinematographic activity which includes the origins of the cinema, its historical development as an artistic, technological and cultural phenomenon referring to the main schools, movements and studios which provided a mass industry and transformed it into one of the most important arts of the 20th century.
In the end, students are expected to be able to
• reflect critically about aesthetical elements of the cinematographic narrative,
• ponder over the work produced by the different European cinema schools which were in the origin of diverse movements,
• relate a film with a historical and cultural context,
• elaborate an essay on the texts studied,
• analyse a film.
Topic 1: Silent Cinema
Topic 2: The Devastation of War, the New Language of Cinema and Post-War Cinema
Topic 3: The Nouvelle Vague, the New German Cinema and Cinema from the margins.
Topic 4: Portuguese Cinema, Contemporary Spanish Cinema and new challenges in European Cinema
Compulsary Reading:
Augusto, Mário (2021). Como se fosse um Romance: A mais curiosa história do cinema. Lisboa: Bertrand Editora.
Bär, Gerald (2022). Grosses Kino: o cinema mudo alemão em Portugal. Lisboa: Universidade Católica.
Cousins, Mark (2005). Biografia do Filme. Lisboa: Plátano Editora.
Ezra, Elizabeth (ed.). (2004). European Cinema. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Complementary Reading:
Ferreira, Carolin Overhoff (2007). O cinema português através dos seus Filmes. Campo das Letras.
Forbes, Jill e Sarah Street (eds.) (2000). European Cinema: An Introduction. Palgrave.
Galt, Rosalind (1995). The New European Cinema. Columbia University Press.
Gergely, Gábor e Hayward, Susan (2022). The Routledge Companion to European Cinema. Routledge.
Azevedo, Manuel de (1957). O Cinema Italiano: Do Após-Guerra e o Neo-Realismo. Contraponto.
Costa, Alves (1978). Breve História do Cinema Português (1896-1962). Livraria Bertrand.
CE: European Treaty Series - No. 147 (European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production).
Other Resources:
Further bibliographical references and material, such as images and films available in the internet, will be provided throughout the semester on the e-learning platform.
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).