General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Film in Therapeutic Culture, Intercultural Communication and Personal Development
Language English
Module lecturer Prof. dr hab. Beata Waligórska-Olejniczak
Lecturer's email beata27@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position professor
Faculty Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures
Semester 2026/2027 (winter)
Duration 30
ECTS 5
USOS code 09-EEC-AMUPIE

Timetable

Collegium Novum, al. Niepodległości 4, Poznań.

Module aim (aims)

  1. to introduce students to the concept of artetherapy and movie therapy;
  2. to deepen students’ understanding of the process of movie perception;
  3. to familiarize students with various kinds of application of movies in psychological education;
  4. to encourage students to critically reflect on culture (in particular Slavonic culture)  through the analysis of selected movies;

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Advanced knowledge of English;

Every week students are obliged to watch a selected movie.

Syllabus

1. Understanding the process of movie perception. 

2. The phenomenon of projection-identification: emotional participation.

3. Theoretical foundations of movie therapy.

4. Movie therapy as one of the trends of artetherapy.

5. Movie therapy in the context of culture of self-help books.

6. Film as a contemporary form of myth.

7. Movie application in prevention of various kinds of discrimination and disorders (case studies).

8. Theory of color in film.

 

Reading list

Keen, S. (2006). A theory of narrative empathy. Narrative, 14 (3), 207-236.

Mangin, D. (1999). Cinema therapy: How some shrinks are using movies to help their clients cope with life anf feel better. http://www.salon.com   

Leyens, J. Ph., Paladino, P.M., Rodriguez-Torres, R. et al (2000). The emotional side of prejudice: The attribution of secondary emotions to ingroups and outgroups. Personality and Social Psychology Reviews, 4, 186-197.

Harris, P. (2000). The work of the imagination. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

Beth, M., Hartman, T. (2010). Exploring the role of meaningful experiences in users appreciation of good movies. Projections, 4 (2), Bergham Journals, 128-150.

Blasco, P.G., Moreto, G., Blasco, M.G., et al (2015). Education through movies: Improving teaching skills and fostering reflection among students and teachers, Journal for Learning through the Arts, 11 (1).