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Czech Cinema 2

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Course unit code:
311CC2
Course unit title:
Czech Cinema 2
Mode of delivery:
zkouška
Range:
2/T
Type of course unit:
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory subject
Level of course unit:
Year of study
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 1st year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 1st year
Semester when the course unit is delivered
letní
Number of ECTS credits allocated:
2
Garant předmětu:
Michal BREGANT
Name of lecturer(s):
Michal BREGANT
Study Objectives:

A comprehensive course covering the history and aestehtics of Czech/Czechoslovak cinema after WW2, and the Stalinist period.

Mode of delivery:

Series of lectures. Students are welcome to participate actively and ask questions during the classes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Czech Cinema 1

Recommended optional programme components

No

Course contents:

Second part of a two-semester lecture course covers the period from WW2 up to 1989. Course will provide students with a general but complex overview of the history of film art and industry in the Czech lands.

The course focuses on both cinematic styles and political contexts. This two-hour class meets once a week, some classes are dedicated to screenings of films which are required for the exam, some classes are extended lectures.

Handouts and readings to be obtained during the course.

Study materials:

Literature:

Český hraný film / Czech Feature Film 3, 4, 5

Imre Anikó (ed.), East European Cinemas. (AFI Film Readers)

Robert Buchar: Czech New Wave Filmmakers in Interviews. (2004)

Petra Dominková: We Have Democracy, Don´t We?

Miloš Forman (and Jan Novak): Turnaround: A Memoir.

Peter Hames, The Czechoslovak New Wave.

Peter Hames (ed.), Dark Alchemy: The Films of Jan Švankmajer.

Peter Hames (ed.), The Cinema of Central Europe.

Dina Iordanova, Cinema of the Other Europe: The Industry and Artistry of East Central European Film.

Josef Škvorecký: All the Bright Young Men and Women.

Online sources:

Central Europe Review: http://www.ce-review.org/video/video_czech.html

Kinoeye: http://www.kinoeye.org/archive/country_czech.php

Jan Čulík in Britské listy http://www.blisty.cz/art/45080.html

http://maxpages.com/czechcinema (Czech cinema: history, personalities)

http://filmmakers.node9.org/ (contemporary Czech experimental filmmakers)

Films:

List of films will be created during the semester in order to reflect on students´ actual knowledge of Czech films.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students will watch additional films during the semester.

Assessment methods and criteria

Topics discussed in class, handouts, and required films will be subject to the final test, composed of essay questions and short analysis.

Grading will be based on three aspects: Final essay: 65%, participation in discussion: 25%, attendance: 10%

Language of instruction:
English
Work placement(s):
Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
Course web page:
Note:

No

Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu
místnost 439
Seminární učebna CDM

(Lažanský palác)
BREGANT M.
17:20–18:55
(přednášková par. 1)
Fri
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
Generated on 2011-6-17
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