FAV333 1968: The Year in Cinema

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lukáš Pešák (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 79 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/79, only registered: 0/79, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/79
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is a research of reflections of the year 1968 in media. The course is connected with a cycle of films to the 50th anniversary of the reform year 1968 within Student cinema in the University cinema Scala.
Learning outcomes
In the end of the course the student will be able to:
understand the events of the reform year 1968 in Czechoslovakia
analyse fiction and documentary films connected with those events
confront contemporary and later medial reflection of those events
Syllabus
  • So called Prague Spring and what was before
  • Czech and Slovak film and tv productions of 1968-69
  • International context, student and protest movement around the world
  • So called crisis period in the normalization cinema
  • 1968-69 in Czech and Slovak post-November cinema
Literature
  • DOSKOČIL, Zdeněk. Duben 1969 : anatomie jednoho mocenského zvratu. Brno: Doplněk, 2006, 412 stran. ISBN 8072850806. info
  • Akademie věd České republiky (Praha). Ústav pro soudobé dějiny. Prameny k dějinám Československé krize 1967 - 1970. Brno: Doplněk, 1995. info
  • PITHART, Petr. Osmašedesátý. 3. vyd. Praha: Rozmluvy, 1990, 314 s. ISBN 0-946352-43-7. info
  • MLYNÁŘ, Zdeněk. Mráz přichází z Kremlu. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1990. ISBN 8020401962. info
  • VEDRAŠKO, Vladimir. Invaze : Československo 1968 : svědectví velitele. Edited by Aleksandr Michajlovič Majorov, Translated by Pavel Wiegel. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2014, 332 s. ISBN 9788020434623. info
  • MACHÁČEK, Michal. Gustáv Husák. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2017, 631 stran. ISBN 9788074293887. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, film screenings, discussions.
Assessment methods
23 short texts about selected films or events. To complete the course successfully, at least nine of them must be submitted.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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