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Philosophy of Film

Code 13588
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 question cinema from feminist film studies, relating cinema, representativeness and human rights.

Syllabus - Proposals for a common genealogy of human rights and feminisms. The philosophical and political foundation of women's rights and the emergence of the seventh art.
- What is cinema? Do art and cinema think? How to create a philosophy of cinema?
- The first female filmmakers: the cases of Alice Guy Blaché (France, 1863 – 1968), Lois Weber (USA, 1879 – 1939) and Germaine Dulac (France, 1882 – 1942).
- Feminism applied to cinema. Reflection on proposals by 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 spectator as voyeur.
- Proposing alternatives to exploring pleasure and sexuality on the screen.
- The use of self-writing in the creation of contemporary documentaries.
- From the universal spectator to the need to create own identification mechanisms.
Main Bibliography 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.

Website Speculum:
https://speculum.labcom.ubi.pt/
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-06-08

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