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Course Description
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Course Name
European Cinema From Its Beginnings to the 1950s
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Host University
University of Limerick
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Location
Limerick, Ireland
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Area of Study
European Studies, Film Studies
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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ECTS Credits
6 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Principles of film history; Europe vs. America; the concept of National Cinema; aesthetics of silent vs. sound films; literature vs. moving images; visions of modernity; images of technology and science fiction. Aspects covered will include: Beginnings (LumiÞre brothers, Georges MeliÞs); Nordisk Film Companie; Film and World War I; Soviet Cinema (Montage, Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov); Weimar Cinema (Expressionism, Fritz Lang, Murnau, mountain films, proletarian cinema, Marlene Dietrich); French cinema (Gance, Renoir); Nazi Cinema (cinema as propaganda; Riefenstahl); Italian Neo-Realism (Rossellini, de Sica), Spanish Cinema (Berlanga, Bunuel).
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.
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