FF:FAVBPa070 History of the World Cinema II - Course Information
FAVBPa070 History of the World Cinema II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 6/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Pavlík, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, 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
- Wed 14:00–20:40 C34, except Wed 17. 5. ; and Fri 10. 3. 9:00–17:40 C34, Fri 24. 3. 9:00–13:40 C34, Fri 5. 5. 9:00–17:40 C34, Wed 17. 5. 16:00–20:40 C34, Fri 19. 5. 9:00–17:40 C34
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 88 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 46/88, only registered: 0/88 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- An overview of the development of the world cinema from the emergence of new waves to the present time, of its artistic, cultural, technical and economic changes. The course is based on "Film History: An Introduction" written by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell and a critical reading of this book (parts 4-6).
The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to give basic information about the most important film movements, genres, auteurs and events, especially from the point of view of "traditional" film history
to offer the basic frame for more specialized courses on the world cinema. - Learning outcomes
- After finishing this course, students will have been able to:
understand the phenomenon of film Modernism
understand the importance of New Waves
describe connections between social development and film industry
analyze and interpret works of selected auteurs
be oriented in genre production
explain innovations in audio-visual technologies
critically think about approaches to film history. - Syllabus
- Introduction and periodization.
- Widescreen systems, expansion of TV broadcasting.
- Hollywood from the mid-50´s to the end of the 60´s.
- Genre cinema, comedy, western, musical, horror, sci-fi, historic epic movies, adventure, cloak and dagger.
- New film in France, the French New Wave.
- Italian post-neorealist cinema.
- British cinema of the 60´s.
- European co-productions.
- New cinema in West Germany and Scandinavia.
- Japanese cinema and New Wave.
- Cinema of U.S.S.R.
- Cinema of Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, GDR, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria.
- Spanish cinema under Franco regime and after.
- Asian cinema, India, China.
- Latin America and Brazilian cinema novo.
- Cinema of the Third World.
- Documentary, experimental and underground film.
- Genre revision, retro, disaster film.
- Political cinema.
- New Hollywood.
- The 70´s, return of great epics.
- Technical innovations and new distribution strategies.
- American independent cinema.
- Cinema in the era of globalization, digitalization and new media.
- Hollywood blockbusters.
- European arthouse cinema, Dogme 95.
- Festival circuit.
- Cinema of Turkey and Iran.
- Korean cinema.
- Postsocialist cinemas and Romanian New Wave.
- Bollywood.
- Quality TV.
- Hollywood during the Covid-19 pandemic and "woke" culture.
- Literature
- required literature
- THOMPSON, Kristin and David BORDWELL. Dějiny filmu : přehled světové kinematografie. Translated by Helena Bendová - Jan Bernard - Michal Bregant - Zdeněk Holý - V. První vydání. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2007, 827 stran. ISBN 9788071068983. info
- recommended literature
- KOVÁCS, András Bálint. Screening modernism : European art cinema, 1950-1980. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, xii, 427. ISBN 9780226451657. info
- MONACO, James. Nová vlna : Nouvelle vague :Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2001. 413 s. ISBN 8085883899.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, film screenings, reading, homework.
- Assessment methods
- Critical reflection of K. Thompson - D. Bordwell: "Film History: An Introduction".
Written test. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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