FAVK053 Cinema of Central Europe: Hungary

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 8. 10. 13:20–14:55 U34, Sat 19. 11. 9:10–12:25 U34, 13:20–14:55 U34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 69 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/69, only registered: 0/69, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/69
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on Hungarian cinema, close from aesthetic and historic points of view. We will study the work of auteurs, which showed great courage and artistic originality in reflection of tragic collective experience, used their own metaphorical systems or created autonomous fiction worlds: Zoltán Fábri, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó, András Kovács, Péter Bacsó, Márta Mészárosová, Zoltán Huszárik, Gábor Bódy, Béla Tarr.

At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand reflections of the Central Europe history in Hungarian cinema
interpret hidden and subversive meanings in watched films
recognize their aesthetic value.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Hungarian cinema
  • Hungarian cinema to the fifties
  • The sixties
  • Miklós Jancsó
  • Anti-stalinism and rock subculture
  • Hungarian cinema after 1989
  • Contemporary Hungarian cinema
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Visegrad cinema : points of contact from the new waves to the present. Edited by Petra Hanáková - K. B. Johnson. 1st pub. Praha: Casablanca, 2010, 196 s. ISBN 9788087292044. info
  • CUNNINGHAM, John. Hungarian cinema : from coffee house to multiplex. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2004, xii, 258. ISBN 1903364809. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Cinema of the other Europe : the industry and artistry of East Central European film. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2003, x, 224. ISBN 1903364647. info
  • LIEHM, Mira and A. J. LIEHM. The most important art : eastern European film after 1945. 1s paperback print. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980, 467 s. ISBN 0520041283. info
    not specified
  • The cinema of Central Europe. Edited by Peter Hames. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2004, xv, 291. ISBN 1904764215. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Now is the Time To Rot Forever. Miklós Jancsó s Films in the Period 1981 to 1991. Kinoeye. 2003, vol. 3, No 4, p. www.kinoeye.org, 12 pp. ISSN 1475-2441. URL info
  • PORTUGES, Catherine. Screen memoires : the Hungarian cinema of Márta Mészáros. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993, 190 s. ISBN 0253207827. info
  • BRACHTLOVÁ, Ingrid. Miklós Jancsó. Praha: Čs. filmový ústav, 1990. ISBN 8070040327. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, film screenings.
Assessment methods
The colloquium: an annotated filmography of 24 watched films for a group discussion.
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 also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
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