FAVBKa03 Introduction to Theory of Film II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 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
Sat 6. 10. 9:10–12:25 C34, Sat 1. 12. 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
Main objectives: to understand the history of film theories; to understand the theories in a wider cultural and institutional context; to reflect the methodological approach towards a history of ideas. Assessment: written test.
Syllabus
  • Chicago, Paris, Frankfurt: film and sociology, Frankfurt school Moscow and post-war Italy: socialist realism, neo-realism Paris: auteur theory London: film and psychoanalysis Birmingham: cultural study Wisconsin: reception studies, kognitivism Brighton: „new film history" and "new cinema history"
Literature
  • Martin Jay: The Dialectical Imagination: A history of the Frankfurt school and the Institute of Social Research 1923-1950. University of California Press, 1996
  • David A. Gerstner - Janet Staiger (ed.): Autorship and Film. Routledge 2003
  • CASETTI, Francesco. Filmové teorie 1945-1990. Translated by Helena Giordanová. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2008, 406 s. ISBN 9788073311438. info
  • HANÁKOVÁ, Petra. Pandořina skříňka, aneb, Co feministky provedly filmu? Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 141 s. ISBN 9788020015518. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Assessment: a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2018.
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