Arts and Culture: Excursions 2

Subject guarantor:

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Within one semester (two in total if students attend Fall + Spring term courses) students may try to read the city and its structure, to get the historical and social background of it as well as discover important artists/galleries.

Mode of study:

Excursions (walking, visiting sites, galleries and muzeum visits)

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No prerequisities, just students have to be ready for walking and exploring jungle of the city.

Recommended optional programme components:

No

Course contents:

Students with the teacher´s guidance reveal the essence of the famous city and the culture that had formed it and still forms. They leave the beaten daily paths to explore the urban jungle textbook of modern times in Central Europe. Prague Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Prague, which knocked down walls to give rise to new settlements and finally Prague so remote that its inhabitants hold a trip to see Charles Bridge.

From the structure of the city we move to its particularities - houses, parks, events, galleries and exhibitions.

Recommended or required reading:

If needed students get on-line sources details.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

The course is carried out as on timely manner announced half day walk or visit

More details on each class to be found on Google Calendar of each study program.

Meeting point and time as well as rough excursion plan described ibidem.

From three to five exursions per semester.

Assessment methods and criteria:

The Arts and Culture Excursion assignment is as follows:

2-3 pages reflection on selected walk/visit/tour. Please use on-line sources but do not misuse or exploit them, pay attention to quoting them properly and please emphasize your point of view and try to introduce it in a compact essay-like way.

The final essay to be sent to jitka.hejtmanova@famu.cz till May 31, 2014

Course web page:

Note:

None

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

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:

• Photography EN - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Photography EN - Master (optional subject)
• Erasmus (optional subject)
• Cinematography (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)