Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Imagined as a dialogue between two artistic practices, but also two cultural fields strongly determined by their industrial development, this course considers the links between literature and cinema under the questions of genres and intermediality.
The course will approach historically, aesthetically and sociologically the evolution of the genres.
Romans-feuilletons and serials, detective novels and films noirs, fantastic literature and horror pictures, graphic novels and blockbusters from comics, spy novels and political thrillers, erotic literature and pornographic films are some examples of subjects which could be discussed, without ignoring the study of the expansion phenomena of large transmedia diegetic universes (Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc.).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- To introduce students to para-literary and cinematographic genres (popular novels, fantastic literature, crime novels, science-fiction, songs, romantic novels, etc.).
- To understand and explicate in a historical and sociological manner the emergence of the genres in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Enable students to formulate problems within these genres.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course, very illustrated, requires the active participation of the students.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
Ouvrages de référence :
- Rick Altman, Film / Genre, London, BFI Publishing, 1999.
- Monique Carcaud-Macaire et Jeanne-Marie Clerc, L'Adaptation cinématographique, Paris, Klincksieck , 2004.
- Jean Cléder, Entre littérature et cinéma : les affinités électives, Paris, Armand Colin, 2012
- Daniel Fondanèche, Paralittératures, Paris, Vuibert, 2005.
- Matthieu Letourneux, Fictions à la chaîne, Littératures sérielles et culture médiatique, Paris, Seuil, 2017.
- Raphaëlle Moine, Les genres du cinéma, Paris, Armand Colin, 2e édition, 2008.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written work / report
Additional information:
A written work, showing capacities of documentation, synthesis and analysis, is required.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Quant à moi, je sentais le besoin d'un héros
Plus grand que Bel-Ami et que Monte-Cristo,
Autre que des Esseintes ou le Maître de Forges,
[...]
Je parle pour tous ceux qui sont « au jour le jour » Sans autre grand souci que de manger et boire
Lisant plus le journal quotidien que l'histoire
Forcés pour l'exploiter de connaître leur temps ;
Pour eux, pour moi, pour vous, Fantômas est vivant.
Max Jacob, « Écrit pour la S.A.F », Les Soirées de Paris, n° 26-27, juillet-août 1914
Contacts
Dick Tomasovic
Département Médias, Culture et Communication
Théories et pratiques du spectacle
Esthétique du cinéma et des arts audiovisuels
Université de Liège
Place du XX Août, 7
4000 Liège
Belgique
32 4 366 32 88 ou 32 79 (secrétariat)
dick.tomasovic@uliege.be