Academic Year of Degree:
2026/27
28236 - Audiovisual genres
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2026/27
Subject:
28236 - Audiovisual genres
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Tipo de enseñanza:
In person
Ambit:
History of Art and Artistic Expression, Fine Arts
Degree:
420 - Degree in History of Art
619 - Degree in History of Art
681 - Degree in History of Art
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4 and 3
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Optional
Module:
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1. General information
The objective of this subject is to introduce the student to the fundamentals of the main audiovisual genres, their meaning, their function in the construction of individual imaginaries and collective identities, their literary and artistic precedents, their origins and evolution throughout the history of cinema, and expansion through other audiovisual formats.
In addition to SDGs 4, 5 and 10 outlined in section 6 of this guide, this subject works on SDGs 16 and 17.
2. Learning results
In order to pass this subject, the students shall demonstrate they has acquired the following results:
CON-2. Demonstrate a critical knowledge of the History of Universal Art, understanding its theoretical foundations and methodologies, focusing on its main movements, sources, trends, and artists, as well as the evolution of aesthetic thought and the different functions, interpretations, and meanings of works of art throughout history and within various cultural contexts.
Demonstrate a critical knowledge of different audiovisual genres, considering their characteristics, functions, meanings, and main variants, as well as their lines of evolution over time across different cultures and production centers. Identify, interpret, and evaluate the thematic, narrative, and aesthetic keys of the various audiovisual genres.
HAB-2. Gather and interpret significant data to issue judgments that include reflection from the perspective of Art History on social, scientific, or ethical issues.
Be capable of interpreting and evaluating a film work within the genre or genres it belongs to, reflecting on the themes it addresses as metaphors linked to the society that produced and consumed it.
HAB-6. Analyze, describe, and interpret works of art by considering their aesthetic values, reflecting on their form, function, and meaning, and studying their relationship with the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, ideological, religious, and individual context in which they were created.
Analyze a film work from the perspective of generic categorization, taking into account its formal, narrative, thematic, and aesthetic peculiarities. Be able to relate it to the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, or ideological context in which it was created and situate it within its genre, connected to the society that produced and received it. Develop a basic knowledge of the language and narrative structures of different film genres, as well as their formal peculiarities, the constraints of their authors, and the creative processes involved.
CTR-3. Critical Thinking. Reason reflectively about a topic, being able to deliberate on its validity by subjecting one’s own and external convictions to debate.
Identify differences and modes of construction regarding what are considered facts, opinions, interpretations, and evaluations. Identify and evaluate possible consequences of our decisions, as well as propose reasoned alternatives in response to a given situation, event, or concept.
CTR-6. Lifelong Self-learning. Employ continuous learning and develop autonomous and flexible learning strategies throughout life to participate as an active, motivated, and integrated citizen, fostering employability and personal development.
Use information society technologies safely and critically for work, leisure, and communication. Design and develop personal learning strategies to expand knowledge according to personal and professional needs.
3. Syllabus
Genres and cinema
Introduction
1. Melodrama
2. The western
3. Comedy
4. The musical.
5. Horror films.
6. Film noir.
7. Fantastic cinema and science fiction.
8. Documentary and the limits between reality and fiction.
9. Historical cinema as a hybrid genre.
New media, technical variants and generic reformulation
10. Animated films. Stylization as an intergeneric resource.
11. Television fiction and the renewal of genres.
12. Advertising. Micro-stories and rhythms for persuasion.
13. Video games and new narrative strategies.
14. Internet and other stories. Interactivity as a new resource in the construction of audiovisual stories.
4. Academic activities
The program offered to the student to help them achieve the expected results includes the following activities....
1) Theoretical classes: oral presentations by the teachers of the theoretical contents of the subject in the classroom (lectures).
2) Practical classes: Analysis, commentary and interpretation of audiovisual creations for film, television or Internet through the projection of complete works or fragments and classroom discussion.
3) Personal study and work, complemented with the recommended bibliography.
4) Tutorials.
5) Assessment tests.
5. Assessment system
First call
Global assessment (to be carried out on the date set in the academic calendar), which constitutes 100 % of the final grade, with the following assessment activities:
- Written exam (60%): It will consist of two parts: a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part will consist of the written development of a topic, which will relate at least two topics analysed in the subject. Duration: 1 h. The practical part will consist of the commentary and analysis of an audiovisual fragment, seen or worked on in class. Duration: 1 h. The student must make a brief technical sheet on the fragment, focusing on the contextualization in its time and the genre to which it belongs.
- Practice report (20%): analysis in review format (1 page) of a film or audiovisual creation on the billboard, stating the genre to which it belongs, its characteristics and specificities. Duration: 30 m.
- Individual work (20%): Written work to be presented orally with the support of images or other audiovisual media, on a topic related to the subject and agreed with the teacher.
The assessment criteria are: degree of knowledge of the subject; organization and reasoning in the explanation, capacity for analysis and synthesis; adequate use of artistic terminology; presentation and formal correctness
Second Call
Global assessment (100%) identical to the first call.
5.1. Academic fraud prevention
The use of unauthorised electronic materials or devices during the assessment may result in immediate exclusion from the examination and a fail mark (a numerical mark of ‘0’ for the assessment).
Furthermore, the lecturer in charge may complete the grade report and submit it to the General Inspectorate of Services, so that it may, where appropriate, consider initiating disciplinary proceedings against the student for academic fraud.
In the case of a continuous assessment exam [continuous assessment cannot continue, unless otherwise specified in the academic guide.]
In the case of a regular or extraordinary exam session, the initiation of disciplinary proceedings will result in the grade ‘pending resolution’ until the proceedings are concluded.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
4 - Quality Education
5 - Gender Equality
10 - Reduced Inequalities
7. Bibliography
Altman, Rick. Géneros cinematográficos / Rick Altman . Paidós : Barcelona, 2000
Bazin, A. ¿Qué es el cine?[s. l.]: Rialp, 1966.
Grant, Barry Keith. Film genre : from iconography to ideology / Barry Keith Grant . repr. London ; New York : Wallflower, 2015
Huerta Floriano, Miguel Ángel. Los géneros cinematográficos : usos en el cine español (1994-1999) / Miguel Ángel Huerta Floriano . Salamanca : Publicaciones Universidad Pontificia, 2005
Hueso Montón, Angel Luis. Los géneros cinematográficos : materiales bibliográficos y filmográficos / A. Luis Hueso Monton . [Bilbao] : Mensajero, [1983]
Langford, Barry. Film genre : Hollywood and beyond / Barry Langford . Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, cop. 2005
Moine, Raphaëlle. Les genres du cinéma / Raphaëlle Moine ; sous la direction de Michel Marie . Paris : Armand Colin, 2015
Moreno Lara, Xavier. El cine : géneros y estilos / Xavier Moreno Lara . Bilbao : Mensajero, D.L. 1980
Romaguera i Ramió, Joaquim. El lenguaje cinematográfico : gramática, generos, estilos y materiales / Joaquim Romaguera i Ramió . 2a. ed., rev. y ampl. Madrid : Ediciones de la Torre, 1999
Sánchez Noriega, José Luis. Historia del cine : teoría y géneros cinematográficos, fotografía y televisión / José Luis Sánchez Noriega ; prólogo de Román Gubern . Nueva ed., 1ª reimp. Madrid : Alianza, 2010