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Úvod do kanadského umění 8

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702SAO8 Z 1 2/T Czech
Tutor:
Karel FOUSTKA
Synopsis:

The course is for interemediate to advanced AMU and AVU students who want to be introduced to the Arts production of Canada. This course is to extend the subject matter knowledge of the previous Canadian Arts course.

Prerequisites:

To enroll into the course, the 702SAO7 - Introduction to Canadian Arts course is necessary to complete.

Study Objectives:

The objective of the course is to extend and broaden the topic to the students and acquaint them with the Arts production of Canada, both present and past, in the area of film, Arts, literature, music. The students will learn about the Arts organizations, both provincial and federal, which support the Arts in Canada. They will also study the Arts production of the First Nations and Inuits of Canada in more detail.

Outline and Syllabus:

The course is designed for the Academy of Performing Arts and Academy of Fine Arts students and for all other students interested in Canadian Studies. The course will look into various aspects and topics of Canadian Arts using English as a vehicle, as a means, by which all these aspects and topics can be studied and understood. The principal area of interest will include Fine/Visual Arts, Literature and Film. The names of major cultural institutions will be dealt with according to their role, purpose and history.

Topics that will be presented during the course will try to combine all aspects of the themes and give students an opportunity to master the themes in different activities / variations that are part of the whole topics. All parts of the whole topics will be dealt with accordingly.

Whenever a new activity starts, new vocabulary will be written on the board or will be given to the students in copied forms and explained (if necessary) in order for the students to familiarize themeselves with the new terms.

The first part of the lesson will be an oral presentation of the topic by the teacher and in the second part the students will be invited to actively participate in various topic-oriented activities - reading, writing, listening, speaking and, if necessary, also translating.

Study materials:

A. Books

Literature

Myth & Voices, Contemporary Canadian Fiction, edited by David Lampe, White Pine Press, 1993

Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume One & Two, Exile Editions, 1993 & 1994

Aude, The Indiscernible Movement, Exile Editions, 1998

Leonard Cohen, Poems & Songs

Indian Legends of Canada, by E. E. Clark, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., reprinted 1995

Native Indian and Inuit Arts

Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast, by Hilary Stewart, Douglas & McIntyre, 1979

In the Shadow of the Sun, Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art, edited by The Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993

Celebrating Inuit Art 1948 - 1970, edited by Maria von Finckenstein, Key Porter Books, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1999

Arts

Egregore, The Montreal Automatist Movement, by Ray Ellenwood, Exile Editions, 1992

Shifting Images: A Forum on the Arts in a Pluralist New Millennium, Mapping the Terrain of Cultural Pluralism and the Arts, By G. Baeker, C. Tator, 2000

Dějiny Kanady, by L. Rovná, M. Jindra, NLN, 2000, chpt. 6 - Kanadská kultura

B. Videos

In Short: Leonard Cohen, the NFB of Canada Production

Destination: Ontario

Over Canada, an Aerial Adventure

Postcards from Canada, the NFB of Canada Production

Canada - A People?s History, CBC Radio Canada, Vol 1, Vol 2

Planet Earth: Caring for our Environment, the NFB of Canada Production

The National Film Board of Canada: A History, 5 Tapes, 50 Years of NFB

C. DVDs

Haida - Memories of Earth

Haida - Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

D. Photography

Curtin Call, by Walter Curtin, A Photographer?s Candid View of 25 Years of Music in Canada, Exile Editions, 1994

E. Websites

a.The Canadian Encylopedia

b.The Canadian Music Encylopedia

c.The Canada Council for the Arts

d.Canadian Conference of the Arts

e.Telefilm Canada

f.The National Film Board of Canada

g.Leonard Cohen Files

h.OCAD - Ontario College of Art and Design

i.McMichael Canadian Art Collection

j.UBC - The Museum of Anthropology

k.The Banff Centre for the Arts

F. Newspaper and magazine articles and other sources

Note:
Further information:
This course is an elective for all AMU students
Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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