FAVh043 Czech journalistic film criticism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–17:40 C34, except Thu 10. 3. ; and Thu 10. 3. 14:00–16:00 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 77 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/77, only registered: 0/77, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/77
Course objectives
The seminar will be focused on reading, and contextual, semantic, ideological, as well as linguistic analysis of selected texts written by Czech film critics, especially since 1945.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- understand importance of domestic film criticism for development of Czech cinema
- distinguish various historical periods in connection with film criticism and history of Czech cinema
- analyse film reviews and other film critical texts
- understand thinking and argumentation of important Czech film critics
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Film criticism until 1945
  • 3. Film criticism 1945-1948
  • 4. Party film criticism 1948-1963
  • 5. Magazines: Film a doba, Kino, Filmové a televizní noviny, Literární noviny
  • 6. Film criticism during the Golden sixties
  • 7. Jaroslav Boček, A. J. Liehm, Galina Kopaněva, Jan Kučera, Miloš Fiala
  • 8. Film criticism in Brno newspapers, Pavel Švanda, J. P. Kříž
  • 9. Film criticism during the normalization period
  • 10. Jan Kliment
  • 11. Generation of the 70ties, Jiří Cieslar, Jan Foll
  • 12. The 80ies, Pavel Melounek, Jan Lukeš, Jan Jaroš
  • 13. Underground and samizdat, Andrej Stankovič
  • 14. Film criticism since 1989, Mirka Spáčilová
  • 15. Cinepur and its section of criticism
  • 16. Film criticism in digital era, Kamil Fila, František Fuka, Ondřej Pavlík
Literature
  • Stále kinema : antologie českého myšlení o filmu, 1904-1950. Edited by Petr Szczepanik - Jaroslav Anděl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2008, 430 s. ISBN 9788070041369. info
  • BROUSIL, Antonín Martin. Film a národnost. V Praze: Československé filmové nakladatelství, 1946. info
  • BOČEK, Jaroslav. O komedii. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1963, 117 s. URL info
  • BOČEK, Jaroslav. Kapitoly o filmu. Praha: Orbis, 1968. info
  • LIEHM, A. J. Ostře sledované filmy :československá zkušenost. Edited by Jan Lukeš. Vyd. v ČR a v tomto souboru. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2001, 470 s., [1. ISBN 80-7004-100-5. info
  • KUČERA, Jan. Poetika českého filmu. 1. vydání. Praha: Akademie múzických umění v Praze (Nakladatelství AMU), 2016, 216 stran. ISBN 9788073314156. info
  • STANKOVIČ, Andrej. Co dělat, když Kolja vítězí. Edited by Michael Špirit. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2008, 697 s. ISBN 9788087037089. info
  • LUKEŠ, Jan. Orgie střídmosti, aneb, Konec československé státní kinematografie : (kritický deník, 1987-1993). Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1993, 324 s. ISBN 8070040068. info
  • CIESLAR, Jiří. Kočky na Atalantě. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2003, 572 s. ISBN 80-85883-89-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and reading and analyses of selected texts during the class, as a homework and as the final essay.
Assessment methods
A student will earn points for class activity, homework and the final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Program of the seminar will be connected with parallel lectures and projections of the courses History of Czech Cinema II and Czech and Slovak cinema during the normalization period.
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