FAVK054 Beginning of the film censorship and the public education

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 1. 10. 9:10–12:25 C34, Sat 26. 11. 9:10–12:25 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the context of first regulative tendencies in relation to cinema and cinematigraphic screenings from the beginning of 20th century till the year 1945.
At the end of the course students will be able to evaluate the role of state and of cultural institutions in this process and to distinguish differences between various cultural traditions (USA, Great Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, Czechoslovakia etc.)
Syllabus
  • Introduction - censhorship as general cultural phenomenon. The development of film censorship in particular countries (USA, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, Czechoslovakia etc.).
Literature
  • Grieveson, Lee. Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early.Twentieth Century America. University of Columbia Press. Los Angeles, 2004.
  • Robertson, James. The Hidden Cinema: British Film Censorship in Action. Britain 1913–1975. London: Croom Helm. Croom Helm. London, 1985.
  • Robertson, James. The British Broad of Film Censors: Film Censorship in Britain 1896–1950. Croom Helm. London, 1985.
  • Doherty, Thomas. Pre-code Hollywood. Sex immorality an insurrection in American cinema 1930–1934. Columbia University Press. New York, 1999.
  • Black, Gregory. Hollywood censored. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  • Canepelle, Paolo. Entschiedungen der Weiner Filmzensur. Wien. Filmarchiv Austria, 2002.
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, seminar work.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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