Cinema&Violence COLI333–01 CITIES,WAR&CIVILIZATION Classinstructor:JasonParry Email:[email protected] Classroom:LectureHall003 Classmeetingtime:Tuesdays&Thursdays,6:00‐7:25 Office:TBA Officehours:Tuesdays&Thursdays,3:00‐4:30 “Wecanlearnalotaboutwarthroughthestudyofcivilization.Wecanlearnalotabout civilizationthroughthestudyofwar.”—WilliamEckhardt “Thepeopleofacityshouldfightfortheirlawastheywouldfortheircitywall.”— Heraclitus “ForWesternmilitaryforces,asymmetricwarfareinurbanareaswillbethegreatest challengeofthiscentury…Thecitywillbethestrategichighground—whoevercontrolsit willdictatethecourseoffutureeventsintheworld.”—K.Dickson Disclaimer:Someofthematerialsusedinthiscoursecontaindepictionsofviolenceand sexuality.Ifyouaresensitivetosuchthings,itisnotrecommendedthatyoutakethis course. Coursedescription: Thiscoursewillchartaschismattheheartofcivilization:thesplitbetweenanUsanda Them,betweencitiesandperipheries,andbetweencitizensandbarbarians.Thisjuridical‐ spatialconfiguration,onwhichthepossibilityofcivilizationispredicated,iscomplicatedby theemergenceofglobalnetworkspunctuatedbyvastcosmopolises.Theeconomicpower ofthesecities—projectedtogrowatanastonishingrate—isneverthelesscontingentupon theirenmeshmentinworldwideflowsofpeople,informationandcapitalthat simultaneouslythreatentheirveryidentities.Theriseofthese‘globalcities,’istherefore accompaniedbythespecterof‘globalwar,’abreedofconflictthat,accordingtolegal theoristCarloGalli,“isawarwithoutfrontiers”and“withoutadvancesorretreats,”in whichtheenemyisbotheverywhereandnowhere,andpotentiallyeveryoneandnoone. Thus,citieshaveincreasinglybecometheterrainforwhichthedebatesregardingfreedom andsecurityassumethegreatestsignificance.Bytracingtheintertwinedevolutionofthe formsofcitiesandtheformsofwarthroughbothfilmandliterarytexts,thiscoursehopes tothinkthroughboththedangersandopportunitieslurkingunderthecracking foundationsofourcurrentconceptionsofpoliticalspace. Studentlearningobjectives Studentswill: developcriticalthinkingskills developanabilitytoformulateanddefendwrittenarguments learntorecognizeandexecutevariousmethodsoftextualanalysis demonstrateafamiliaritywithassignedreadingsandfilmsbyengagingwithin‐class discussions Requiredtexts: —TheIliadbyHomer,trans.StanleyLombardo —AnnalsofaFortress:Twenty‐twoCenturiesofSiegeWarfarebyEugèneEmmanuelViollet‐ le‐Duc,trans.BenjaminBucknall —TheWaroftheEndoftheWorldbyMarioVargasLlosa,trans.HelenR.Lane —OntheNaturalHistoryofDestructionbyW.G.Sebald,trans.AntheaBell AdditionalreadingswillbepostedtoBlackboard. Requiredfilms: —Troydir.WolfgangPetersen —TheTrojanWomendir.MichaelCacoyannis — SevenSamuraidir.AkiraKurosawa — Randir.AkiraKurosawa — BattleofAlgiersdir.GilloPontecorvo — IntheNameoftheFatherdir.JimSheridan — Waco:TheRulesofEngagementdir.WilliamGazecki — BerlinYearZerodir.RobertoRossellini — LessonsofDarknessdir.WernerHerzog — TheLivesofOthersdir.FlorianHenckelvonDonnersmarck — BattleinSeattledir.StuartTownsend Grades PossiblePoints Requirement Points Mid‐term 40% Finalpaper 40% . Quizzes Participation Total 10% 10% 100% No extra credit assignments will be offered. CourseSchedule Letter Grades Letter A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF Month Day Topics September2Introduction 4Homer 9 Homer 11 Homer 16 Homer,Troy 18 Homer 23 Homer,TheTrojanWomenQuiz#1 25 NOCLASS(StartViollet‐le‐Duc) 30Viollet‐le‐Duc October 2 Viollet‐le‐Duc,SevenSamurai 7 Viollet‐le‐Duc 9 Viollet‐le‐Duc,Ran 14 LlosaMID‐TERMDUE 16 Llosa 21 Llosa,BattleofAlgiers 23 Llosa 28 Llosa 30 Llosa,IntheNameoftheFather November 4 Llosa 6 Llosa 11 Llosa,Waco 13 SebaldQuiz#2 18 Sebald,BerlinYearZero 20 Sebald 25 Sebald,LessonsofDarkness 27 NOCLASS December 2 Foucault,DeleuzeTheLivesofOthers 4 Weizman,Sassen 9 Graham,BattleinSeattle Percentage 98-100 93-97 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 77-79 73-76 70-72 67-69 63-66 60-62 59 or lower 11 ConclusionFINALPAPERSDUE Thetopicslistedonthesyllabusreferingeneraltermstowhatwillcomprisethatday’s lecture.Ido,however,reservetherighttochangelecturetopicsifmoretimeisneededona topicorbaseduponclassinterest.Additionalrequiredreadingsmayalsobeadded. CoursePolicies LateWork:Notaccepted.Ifastudentmustmissthedayonwhichanassignmentisdue,it isthestudent’sresponsibilitytoemailtheassignmentby4:25pm(note:pleaseuse BinghamtonUniversityemailaddresses).Thestudentshouldalsobringapapercopyofthe sameassignmenttothenextclass. Attendance:Eachstudentisallowedthreeabsences.Afterthreeabsences,thestudent’s gradewillbeloweredonelettergradeforeachsuccessiveabsence.Chronictardinesswill alsocountasanabsence. AcademicIntegrity:Plagiarismwillnotbetolerated,andthosesuspectedofacademic dishonestywillfacedisciplinaryproceedingsinaccordancewithpublishedHarpurCollege guidelines. Technology:Nocellphonesorlaptopsintheclassroom.Ifastudentrequirestechnology foravalidreason,contacttheinstructor. Essays:Thiscourserequiresthatstudentswritetwopapersoffourpageseach.These paperswillbewritteninresponsetopromptsgivenbytheinstructor. Quizzes:Twomultiple‐choicequizzeswillbegivenbasedonthefilms,readingsandin‐ classdiscussions.
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