Columbia University Spring 2004 Tentative Syllabus Swedish-Comp. Lit. W3270 Ingmar Bergman and the Development of Scandinavian Film Instructor: Verne Moberg Phone: 212/854-4015 (office) Time: 11:00-3:00 P.M., Fridays Office: 415 Hamilton Hall E-mail:
[email protected] Place: 717 Hamilton Hall Office Hours: by appointment Purpose: To explore the growth of the various film traditions in Scandinavia, ranging from the introduction of silent film through the landmark contributions of Ingmar Bergman in Sweden over many decades, with Carl Dreyer and more recent directors in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Course Literature Print Texts: Handouts will be available on silent films, the films of Carl Dreyer, and basics about Ingmar Bergman. All students are required to read and study at least one of the following works by Bergman: Images: My Life in Film ( Arcade, NY, 1990); The Magic Lantern, his autobiography (Penguin, NY, 1987); or Sunday’s Children (1993). Also required reading are two of the following works about Bergman: Ingmar Bergman: An Artist’s Journey--on Stage, on Screen, in Print, edited by Roger W. Oliver (Arcade, NY, 1995); Gender and Representation in the Films of Ingmar Bergman by Marilyn Blackwell (Camden House, Columbia, S.C., 1997); Ingmar Bergman: The Art of Confession, by Hubert I. Cohen (Twayne Publishers, NY, 1993); and Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs by Egil Törnquist (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 1995). More information about Bergman can be found on the Internet in English and Swedish at <http://www.hem.passagen.se/vogler>. Other required reading includes handouts on later directors and Film in Sweden edited by Francesco Bono and Maaret Koskinen (Swedish Institute, Stockholm, 1997).