FAV196 Sovietization of Film Culture: a seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Mon 10:50–12:25 L10
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will be able to reflect on the changes in the film industries of Czechslovakia, Poland and GDR. They will get a knowledge of the relation between film industry and the governmental bodies and will use the tool of comparative analysis for solving concrete research tasks.
Syllabus
  • - discussion about the sources for the research into the cultural policy and film industry in the post-war Czechoslovakia - discussion about the sources for the research into the cultural policy and film industry in the post-war GDR - discussion about the sources for the research into the cultural policy and film industry in the post-war Poland - a comparison of the changes in the respective countries - solving individual research tasks
Literature
  • Skopal, Pavel ed.: Naplánovaná kinematografie. Český filmový průmysl 1945-1960. Praha: Academia, vyjde 2012
  • John Connelly: Captive University. The sovietization of East German, Czech and Polish higher education, 1945-1956. University of North Carolina Press 2000
Teaching methods
Class discussion, reading, individual research projects.
Assessment methods
Active participation in the seminars, evaluation of knowledge based on reading, solving research tasks, evaluation of the final research project.
Language of instruction
Czech
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