Module PHL1112 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL1112: Philosophy of Film
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module is intended as an alternative introduction to philosophical thinking, adding an audio-visual dimension to more text based modules such as Introduction to Philosophical Analysis. The module prepares students for further studies at stages 2 and 3 by introducing them to various ways in which philosophical thinking can be applied productively to hypothetical and real life problems in a wide variety of contexts. The module also provides important analytical and interpretative skills essential in an increasingly visual social world.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate familiarity with a representative selection of philosophically important films and the issues they address; 2. extract abstract philosophical content from concrete narrative structures; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. analyze images and narratives with respect to their rational content; 4. talk and write about images and narratives intelligently; |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. construct and evaluate abstract ideas; and 6. assess and criticize the views of others. |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Allen, Richard (ed.), Film Theory and Philosophy (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997).
Carroll, Noël (ed.), Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: an Anthology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006).
Mullhall, Stephen, On Film (London: Routledge, 2002).
Shaw, Daniel, Film and Philosophy: Taking Movies Seriously (New York: Wallflower, 2008).
Wartenberg, Thomas E. (ed.), The Philosophy of Film: Introductory Text and Readings (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005).