| Week | Topics | Study Materials | Materials |
| 1 |
Introduction and Foundations of Political Cinema
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Villarejo, pp. 1–26
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Amy Villarejo, Film Studies: The Basics, Routledge, 2022, ss. 1–26
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| 2 |
Cinematic Language and Technical Foundations
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Sikov, Chapters 1–4
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Ed Sikov, Film Studies: An Introduction, Columbia University Press, 2020
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| 3 |
First and Second Cinema
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Rushton and Andrews, relevant sections
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Richard Rushton, The Politics of Hollywood Cinema, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013; David Andrews, Theorizing Art Cinemas, University of Texas Press, 2013
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| 4 |
Third Cinema and Its Variations
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Wayne, pp. 17–26; del Sarto, pp. 78–89
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Mike Wayne, “The Dialectics of Third Cinema,” in The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics, 2016; Ana del Sarto, “Cinema Novo and New/Third Cinema Revisited,” Chasqui, 2005
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| 5 |
Post-WWII World and Cold War Cinema
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Brunette, pp. 76–86; Sorlin, article
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Peter Brunette, Roberto Rossellini, University of California Press, 2024; Pierre Sorlin, “The Cinema: American Weapon for the Cold War,” Film History, 1998
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| 6 |
Decolonization, Resistance, and Cinema
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Wayne, pp. 5–24; Harrow, pp. 387–397
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Mike Wayne, “Third Cinema as Critical Practice: A Case Study of The Battle of Algiers,” in Political Film: The Dialectics of Third Cinema, 2001; Kenneth Harrow, “African Cinema in the Age of Postcolonialism and Globalization,” in The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics, 2016
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| 7 |
Urban Realities in the Developing World
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McMichael, pp. 85–100; Shiel, pp. 1–30
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Philip McMichael, Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, SAGE, 2016; Mark Shiel, Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context, Blackwell, 2001
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| 8 |
Neoliberalism and Globalization
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Kapur & Wagner, pp. 56–88
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Jyotsna Kapur & Keith Wagner, Neoliberalism and Global Cinema, Routledge, 2011
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| 9 |
Individual Project Consultations and Selections
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Three film suggestions and justification paper
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Project guidelines
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| 10 |
Migration and Cinema
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Gueneli, pp. 74–95; Uskan, pp. 51–72
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B. Gueneli, Fatih Akın's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe, Indiana University Press, 2019; N. Uskan, in Refugees & Migrants in Contemporary Film, Art, and Media, Amsterdam University Press, 2022
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| 11 |
Project Workshop and Critical Film Writing
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Corrigan, pp. 71–90
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Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, Pearson, 2015
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| 12 |
Post-9/11 Cinema
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Kellner, pp. 13–40; Pautz, pp. 120–128
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Douglas Kellner, Cinema Wars, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010; M. C. Pautz, PS: Political Science & Politics, 2015
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| 13 |
The Ends of the World and Mainstream Cinema
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Film viewing
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Interstellar (2014); Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
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| 14 |
Term Evaluation
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None
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None
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