FAV179 Cinemas of the Far East

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
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
Wed 14:10–20:45 C34, Thu 7:30–10:45 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
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Course objectives
This course offers an introduction to cinema of Japan, Korea, Vietnam and China, including Taiwan and Hong-Kong.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to experience Asian films as a spectator
to know works of the important auteurs
to compare film productions of North and South Korea.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, silent era in Japanese cinema
  • Japanese cinema in the 30ties, left-wigning cinema, Kenji Mozoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu
  • Japanese cinema after WWII, independent cinema, Kaneto Shindo
  • Akira Kurosawa and the other auteurs
  • New Wave in Japan, Nagosa Oshima, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Shohei Imamura
  • Six generations in Chinese cinema
  • Hongkong and Taiwan
  • Vietnamese cinema
Literature
  • LEONG, Anthony C. Y. Korean cinema : the new Hong Kong : a guidebook for the latest Korean new wave. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2009, 266 s. ISBN 1553954610. info
  • Japanese cinema : texts and contexts. Edited by Alastair Phillips - Julian Stringer. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2007, xviii, 363. ISBN 9780415328487. info
  • STANDISH, Isolde. A new history of Japanese cinema : a century of narrative film. New York: Continuum, 2006, 414 s. ISBN 0826417906. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Prodavač tofu Jasudžiró Ozu (Tofu seller Yasujiro Ozu). Film a doba. Praha: Sdružení přátel odborného filmového tisk, 2003, vol. 49, No 3, p. 133-136. ISSN 0015-1068. info
  • LEE, Hyangjin. Contemporary Korean cinema : identity, culture and politics. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000, vi, 244 s. ISBN 0-7190-6007-9. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Planet Hong Kong: popular cinema and the art of entertainment. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2000, xii, 329 s. ISBN 0-674-00213-X. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Ozu and the poetics of cinema. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1988, x, 406 s. ISBN 0-691-05516-5. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, film screenings (the screening room, Bio Ponrepo Prague (20 March), Seminar of Korean films, Hodnonín (27-29 March).
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 is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011.
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