FAVK052 Czech and Slovak cinema during the normalization period

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, 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
Sat 19. 3. 13:20–16:35 C34, Sat 16. 4. 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
A lecture about so-called "normalization period" in the Czech and Slovak Cinema (1970-1989).
At the end of the course students should be able to:
be oriented in political background of normalization cinema
analyze elements of ideology included in films explicitly or implicitly
Syllabus
  • Introduction, normalization period and problems of its research
  • Periodization of the normalization period
  • Structural and personnel changes in Czechoslovak film after 1968
  • Film distribution
  • Czechoslovak televison
  • Politics of the Communist Party in culture
  • Predominant ideological concepts
  • Preferred subject matters
  • Everyday in films
  • Genre movies
  • Films for children and youth
  • Auteur films
  • Film criticism
Literature
    required literature
  • Film a dějiny. Edited by Petr Kopal. Vyd. 1. Praha: Casablanca, 2014, 662 stran. ISBN 9788087912133. info
  • HULÍK, Štěpán. Kinematografie zapomnění : počátky normalizace ve Filmovém studiu Barrandov (1968-1973). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2011, 475 s. ISBN 9788020020413. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Čas sluhů (1969 - 1989) (A Time of the Servants (1969 - 1989)). In Marta Sylvestrová (ed): Český filmový plakát 20. století. Brno - Praha: Moravská galerie - Ex libris, 2004, p. 106-114. mimo edice. ISBN 80-7027-125-6. info
    recommended literature
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Normalizační film (Cinema of normalization). Cinepur. Praha: Sdružení přátel Cinepuru, 2002, XI., No 21, p. 6-11. ISSN 1213-516X. info
  • MACEK, Václav and Jelena PAŠTÉKOVÁ. Dejiny slovenskej kinematografie. Martin: Osveta, 1997, 599 s. ISBN 8021704004. info
    not specified
  • PULLMANN, Michal. Konec experimentu : přestavba a pád komunismu v Československu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Scriptorium, 2011, 243 s. ISBN 9788087271315. info
  • BÍLEK, Petr A. and Blanka ČINÁTLOVÁ. Tesilová kavalérie. Popkulturní obrazy normalizace. Příbram: Pistorius & Olšanská, 2010, 253 pp. ISBN 978-80-87053-44-7. info
  • KABELE, Jiří and Martin HÁJEK. Jak vládli? : průvodce hierarchiemi reálného socialismu. 1. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2008, 213 s. ISBN 9788072392131. info
  • MELOUNEK, Pavel. Horečky všedního dne, aneb, Nová jména, nové pohledy v našem filmu 70. a 80. let. Praha: Čs. filmový ústav, 1987, 150 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, film screenings, homework, research.
Assessment methods
Research paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
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