SUS_211 New Waves in East European Cinemas

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Skupa, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
There are none.
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
The course will focus on history and development of so called new waves in East European cinemas in the sixties. Lectures will concentrate on the phenomenon of Czechoslovak new wave and modern trends in Soviet, Polish or Hungarian films from this period. We will also focus on the work of key auteur figures from this region (Andrzej Wajda, Andrej Tarkovskij, Dušan Makavejev or Lucian Pintilie).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will:
be able to understand modern poetics of new wave films and trends in different East European countries;
know key new wave films, directors and other film artists from East European region;
be able to understand historical context of new waves or trends in East Eropean cinemas.
Syllabus
  • The thaw in Soviet cinema in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Polish film school
  • New authors in Hungarian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s
  • „Novi film“ in Yugoslavia
  • New trends and authors in Romanian, Bulgarian and East Germany cinema in the 1960s
Literature
  • THOMPSON, Kristin and David BORDWELL. Dějiny filmu : přehled světové kinematografie. Translated by Helena Bendová. 2., opr. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2011, 827 s. ISBN 9788073312077. info
  • LIEHM, Mira and A. J. LIEHM. The most important art : eastern European film after 1945. 1s paperback print. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980, 467 s. ISBN 0520041283. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Spiritualita ve filmu. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007, 287 stran. ISBN 9788073251321. info
  • HAMES, Peter. Československá nová vlna. Translated by Tomáš Pekárek. Vydání první. [Praha]: Levné knihy, 2008, 344 stran. ISBN 9788073095802. info
  • SKUPA, Lukáš. Vadí - nevadí : česká filmová cenzura v 60. letech. Vydání první. [Praha]: NFA, 2016, 263 stran. ISBN 9788070041727. info
  • MACEK, Václav and Jelena PAŠTÉKOVÁ. Dejiny slovenskej kinematografie. Martin: Osveta, 1997, 599 s. ISBN 8021704004. info
Teaching methods
On-line lectures, watching films, discussions
Assessment methods
Essay about selected lectures and films
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
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