FAVBKa03 Film Theory after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 25. 2. 9:10–12:30 U34, Sat 18. 3. 13:20–16:40 U34
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 course starts with concepts which are still rooted in the inter-war period (neorealism, socialist realism). Nevertheless, the main focus of the lecture are the dominant tendencies of film theory and historiography from the 1960s to early 21. century. We will read some of the most typical texts representing the main concepts and will strive to interprete them in a wider cultural and political context.
Syllabus
  • - neorealism - socialist realism - auteur theory - Frankfurt School - Filmologie - Semiotics and Postsemiotics - Screen Theory - Cultural Studies - New Film History - New Cinema History - Czech Film Theory
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Giovacchini, Saverio - Sklar, Robert (eds.). Global Neorealism. The Transnational History of a Film Style. Jacskon: University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
  • Maltby, Richard – Biltereyst, Daniel – Meers, Philippe (eds.): Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies. Malden-Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
  • Lowry, Edward. The filmology movement and film studies in France. Ann Arbor: UMI Research press, 1985.
  • CASETTI, Francesco. Filmové teorie 1945-1990. Translated by Helena Giordanová. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2008, 406 s. ISBN 9788073311438. info
  • SZCZEPANIK, Petr. (ed.) Nová filmová historie. Antologie současného myšlení o dějinách kinematografie a audiovizuální kultury. Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2004, 528 pp. info
  • CLARK, Katerina. The Soviet novel : history as ritual. 3. ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000, xv, 320. ISBN 0253213673. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Assessment: a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky, další termíny jsou: podzim 2006, podzim 2009, podzim 2012 atd.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Autumn 2018.
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