COMPARATIVE FILM STUDIES (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes :

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Define the concept of comparative literary and film studies; Discuss the elements of film and comparative film studies; Appreciate different genres and origins of films; Analyze various films comparatively.

Topics :

1. Introduction: Why compare?;
2. Defining comparative literature and comparative film studies;
3. Disciplinary Intersections;
4. Comparative Literature in the Age of Digital Humanities;
5. Comparative Literature, Film Adaptation, and the Challenge of Locality;
6. Comparative Literature, Film Adaptation, and the Challenge of Globalism;
7. Comparative Film Studies and Postcolonial Mobilities;
8. East versus West: Postcolonial film studies;
9. Terrestrial Humanism: Edward W. Said and the Politics of World Literature;
10. Indonesian and Asian Contexts: Westernized, Regionalized, or Localized?;
11. American and European Contexts: Hollywood and ‘Cannes’ Films compared;
12. “Worlds in Collision”: The Languages and Locations of World Literature and Films;
13. Conclusive Studies Projects: The ‘Oneness’ of all films.