FAVK017 Czech Media Culture of the 30s

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Szczepanik, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
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
The lecture focuses on the Cechoslovak media industry in the 1930s.
Main course objectives: better understanding of films position within broader media culture of the 1930s and the periods constitutive features in relation to contemporary situation.
Syllabus
  • - Theoretical-methodological introduction: key concepts, sources, research methods
  • - Case studies
Literature
  • Jeff Smith, The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music. New York: Columbia University Press 1998;
  • Steve J. Wurtzler, Electric Sounds: Technological Change And the Rise of Corporate Mass Media. New York: Columbia University Press 2007;
  • Petr Szczepanik. Konzervy se slovy. Brno: Host 2009 (vyjde).
  • Josef Kotek, Dějiny populární hudby a zpěvu (1918–1968). Praha: Academia 1998
  • Sound theory, sound practice. Edited by Rick Altman. New York: Routledge, 1992, 291 s. ISBN 0415904579. info
  • Film sound : theory and practice. Edited by Elisabeth Weis - John Belton. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985, xii, 462 s. ISBN 0-231-05636-2. info
Assessment methods
Elective lecture, colloqium, written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: in blocks.
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