Czech New Wave

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
311CNW exam 3 2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 54 to 69 hours of self-study English summer

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Contents

The aim of the course is to cover the most important period in the history of than Czechoslovak Cinema, so-called Czechoslovak New Wave, and explain all the conditions that enable its genesis.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will:

-be able to define New Wave movements

-understand the specificity of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement, as well as its international connections

-explain why it occurred in the specific historical epoch

-analyze the New Wave films and understand their historical/cultural references

Prerequisites and other requirements

Willingness to read, think, speak, write and learn about Czech cinema is the only prerequisite.

Literature

Recommended Reading

BURCH, Noel. Theory of Film Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981.

The Cinema of Central Europe. Ed. HAMES, Peter. London and NYC: Wallflower, 2004.

HAMES, Peter. The Czechoslovak New Wave. London, New York: Wallflower Press, 2005.

HANÁKOVÁ, Petra. Voices from the Other World: Feminine Space and Masculine Intrusion. In: East European Cinemas. Edited by IMRÉ, Aniko. New York; London: Routledge, 2005, s. 83-96.

NAHODILOVÁ, Jana. Sex in the City. http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/4/boredbrno.shtml

SHAVIRO, Steven. The Joke. In: SHAVIRO, Steven. The Pinocchio Theory. [online]. Dostupné z: http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=549

LIM, Bliss Cua. Dolls in Fragments: Daisies as Feminist Allegory. In: Camera Obscura, 2001, 16.2, s. 36–77.

MAZIERSKA, Ewa. Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema: Black Peters and men of marble. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008.

MONACO, James. The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.

OWEN, Jonathan. Slovak bohemians: revolution, counterculture and the end of the sixties in Juraj Jakubisko’s films. In: Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 2010, 1.1, 17-28.

SCHOFIELD, Adam. A Black Pearl of the Deep: Juraj Herz’s Cremator. Senses of Cinema, 2007, May, No. 43.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Students work is assessed according to class attendance, class participation, presentation, midterm essay and a final test.

The course grade will be calculated as follows:

Class attendance and participation -25%

Presentation - 25%

Midterm essay -25%

Final test -25%

Note

The subject is not taught every year. The subject is taught at least once every three academic years.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans