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Philosophy of Film

Code 13082
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Cinema
Entry requirements Nothing to add.
Mode of delivery Presential.
Work placements Not suitable.
Learning outcomes This course aims to approach cinema in a philosophical perspective. It is intended to philosophically question cinema from particular concepts, authors and specific films.
Syllabus - Proposals for a common genealogy to human rights and feminisms. The philosophical and political foundation of women's rights and the emergence of the seventh art.
- The first filmmakers: the cases of Alice Guy Blaché (France, 1863 - 1968), Lois Weber (USA, 1879 - 1939) and Germaine Dulac (France, 1882 - 1942).
- What is cinema? Do art and cinema think? How to create a philosophy of cinema? Perspectives of André Bazin and Gilles Deleuze.
- The philosophy of Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980): the viewer as a voyeur.
- Feminism applied to cinema. Reflection around the proposals of Laura Mulvey, Claire Johnston, Annette Kuhn, Teresa de Lauretis and Christine Gledhill, among others.
- Criticism of classic Hollywood cinema and the perpetuation of stereotypes.
- The proposal of alternatives to an exploration of pleasure and sexuality on the big screen.
- From the universal gaze to the need to create their own identification mechanisms.
Main Bibliography Deleuze, G. (2006). A imagem-tempo 2: Cinema 2. Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim.
Holanda, K. (org.), 2019). Mulheres de cinema. Rio de Janeiro: Numa Editora.
Kuhn, A. (1991). Women’s pictures, Feminism and Cinema // Cine de mujeres, Feminismo y Cine. Madrid: Catedra, Signo e Imagen.
Ranciére, J. (2010). O espectador emancipado. Lisboa: Orfeu Negro.
Sontag, S. (2015). Olhando o sofrimento dos outros. Lisboa: Quetzal Editores.
Mondzain, M.-J. (2015). Homo spectator. Lisboa: Orfeu Negro.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2020-06-09

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