FF:FAV291 Cinema of the Triangle - Course Information
FAV291 Cinema of the Northern Triangle: Czechoslovakia, GDR and Poland
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, 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
- Mon 12:30–14:05 C34
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to understand the wider political context and the state of cultural policy in the post-war Europe. They will be able to reflect on the changes in the film industries of Czechslovakia, Poland and GDR. Students will get a knowledge of the relation between film industry and the governmental bodies and will be able to use the tool of comparative analysis.
- Syllabus
- - methodological introduction: the tradition of comparative research; processes of cultural transfer; so called Sovietization and the case of the Conference of film practitioners in the socialist Countries
- - political situation in Czechoslovakia, GDR and Poland; cultural politics in these countries and their mutual relations - co-productions in the Soviet bloc - examples of war movies, production for children; case studies: Mezi proudy (Provisional Liberty); Hoří, má panenko (The Firemen s Ball)
- co-prouctions DEFA-Barrandov: musicals, Indianerfilme, movies for children (case studies: Strašná žena; Synové Velké medvědice; Tři oříšky pro Popelku)
- - comparison of the distribution systems in the three countries. Cinema distribution as a tool for integration into the socialist society
- - local history of exhibition: Brno, Leipzig, Poznan. Cinema theatres and the reality of cinema distribution
- - cinema attendance and film preferences. The most attended movies in the three countries, similarities and differences in the tradition of the preferences
- - film reception in Brno and Leipzig. City cinema culture in the socialist dictatorship.
- Literature
- Skopal, Pavel ed.: Naplánovaná kinematografie. Český filmový průmysl 1945-1960. Praha: Academia, vyjde 2012
- Feinstein, Joshua. The triumph of the ordinary :depictions of daily life in the East German cinema, 1949-1989. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 331 s. ISBN 0-8078-5385-2
- John Connelly: Captive University. The sovietization of East German, Czech and Polish higher education, 1945-1956. University of North Carolina Press 2000
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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