Undergraduate Course: Early 20th Century Avant-garde Movements in Cinema and Other Arts (LLLG07066)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An introduction to the major avant-garde movements of the 1920s: Impressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Expressionism. This vibrant and richly illustrated course examines their presence in cinema and other arts, in particular painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography. It also provides a unique opportunity to (re)discover and discuss films by the most influential filmmakers of early avant-garde cinema. No prior knowledge required. |
| Course description |
1. The First Avant-garde.
General introduction to 1920s avant-gardes. The First Avant-garde in cinema: Germaine Dulac, Abel Gance, Marcel L¿Herbier and Jean Epstein.
2. Dadaism / Abstract Cinema.
Dadaist art and the link between of Dada and Abstract cinema; Clair and Picabia¿s Entr¿acte, Man Ray¿s Retour a la raison, Leger¿s Ballet méchanique, Richter¿s Ghosts Before Breakfast and Duchamp¿s Aenemic Cinema.
3. Surrealism.
Introduction to Surrealist art.
4. Surrealism in cinema.
Films of Luis Bunuel (Un Chien andalou and L¿Age d¿or), Jean Cocteau (The Blood of a Poet) and Germaine Dulac (The Seashell and the Clergyman)
5. Expressionism.
Introduction to German Expressionism.
6. Expressionist cinema.
Wiene¿s The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Rye and Wegener¿s The Student of Prague, Lang¿s Destiny, Murnau¿s Nosferatu and Wegener and Boese¿s The Golem
7. Futurism.
Introduction to Italian Futurism and Russian Cubo-Futurism.
8. Futurism in cinema.
Short futurist films and Protazanov¿s Aelita: Queen of Mars.
9. Constructivism.
Introduction to Russian Constructivism.
10. Constructivism in cinema.
Man with a Movie Camera and other films by Vertov, Pudovkin and Eisenstein.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify the avant-garde art movements of the first half of the twentieth century
- explain the influence of these movements on cinema
- recognize artistic and cinematic avant-gardes of the 1920s
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Malgorzata Bugaj
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Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
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