Czech Cinema 2

Subject guarantor:

Michal BREGANT

Name of lecturer(s):

Michal BREGANT

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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

Mode of study:

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.

Recommended or required reading:

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%

Course web page:

Note:

No

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject, optional subject)