FAVh054 Interpretative Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
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 14:00–15:40 C34, Thu 18:00–20:40 C34, except Thu 16. 11., except
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
In recent years, sometimes and somewhere, film studies are dominated by analyses at the expense of interpretations. Results: deficit of understanding; the analyst can describe how the piece of art is built but sometimes he or she is not able to understand it in full range of its message.
Various forms of interpretive exercises will be practiced in the seminar: discussion, essays. Films currently shown in cinemas, in the course Italian Cinema and during special screenings will be interpreted in the seminar.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
think about messages articulate by films
ask inspirational questions about meanings in films
formulate their own interpretations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theoretical introduction
  • 2. Discussions and exercises
Literature
  • AUMONT, Jacques. L'interprétation des films. Malakoff: Armand Colin, 2017. 256 s. ISBN 978-2200617127. AUMONT, Jacques. Interpretacja filmów. Přel. Teresa Rutkowska. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 2021. 296 s. ISBN 978-83-8196-228-5.
  • ECO, Umberto, Richard RORTY, Jonathan CULLER, Christine BROOKE-ROSEOVÁ. Interpretácia a nadinterpretácia. Bratislava: Archa, 1995. ISBN 80-7115-080-0.
  • ECO, Umberto. Otevřené dílo : forma a neurčenost v současných poetikách. Translated by Zora Obstová. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2015, 295 stran. ISBN 9788025711583. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ladislav NAGY. Meze interpretace. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 330 s. ISBN 9788024607405. info
  • BARTHES, Roland: Třetí smysl. Iluminace, 6 (1994), č. 1, s. 61-75. Přel. Přemysl Maydl (Le troisième sens, 1970).
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 186 s. ISBN 8021016949. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Making meaning : inference and rhetoric in the interpretation of cinema. 1st Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991, xvi, 334. ISBN 067454336X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, presentations, home work.
Assessment methods
A total of nine will be assigned tasks. To obtain the credit necessary is to meet at least seven of them.
Language of instruction
Czech
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