AJ28042 Film in Canada: Institutions, Genres, Film-makers, Criticism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 9:10–10:45 G24
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course aims at familiarizing participants with the Canadian feature film production from the late Nineteen-Sixties to the present. Using a body of critically acclaimed films, the course is designed to enhance students’ interpretive skills and to provide them with relevant knowledge concerning the production, distribution, consumption and reception of Canadian feature films in Canada.
The successful participants will become aware of the variety and quality of Canadian feature film production and gain relevant insights into the development of the Canadian film industry, criticism and film scholarship. In addition to studying representative works by major Canadian filmmakers, students will be invited to consider a variety of wider contextual issues. In other words the course provides not only opportunity for close textual analysis, but also for assessment of a variety of social, political, and cultural circumstances that the films result from and reflect.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, Canadian Film Industry and Identity (February 21) 2. Jutra – Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) (February 28) 3. Shebib – Going Down the Road (1970) (March 7) 4. Egoyan – Speaking Parts (1989) (March 14) 5. Egoyan – Ararat (2002) (March 21) 6. Cronenberg – Videodrome (1983) (March 28) 7. Cronenberg – Dead Ringers (1988) (April 4) 8. Arcand – Jesus of Montreal (1989) (April 11 ) 9. Shum – Double Happiness (1994) (April 18) 10. Lepage – No (1998) (April 25) 11. Kunuk – Atanarjuat, the Fast Runer (2001) (May 2) 12. Maddin – The Saddest Music of the World (2003) (May 9) 13. Canuel – Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006)– (May 16)
Literature
    required literature
  • North of everything : English-Canadian cinema since 1980. Edited by William Beard - Jerry White. Edmonton, Alta.: University of Alberta Press, 2002, xxiii, 488. ISBN 088864390X. info
    recommended literature
  • Image and territory : essays on Atom Egoyan. Edited by Monique Tschofen - Jennifer Lise Burwell. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007, viii, 417. ISBN 9780889204874. info
  • ALEMANY-GALWAY, Mary. A postmodern cinema : the voice of the other in Canadian film. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow press, inc., 2002, xvii, 261. ISBN 9780810840980. info
  • GITTINGS, Christopher E. Canadian national cinema : ideology, difference and representation. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2002, ix, 338. ISBN 0415142822. info
  • Take one's essential guide to Canadian film. Edited by Wyndham Wise. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, xiv, 272. ISBN 0802083986. info
  • MONK, Katherine. Weird sex & snowshoes and other Canadian film phenomena. 1st publ. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2001, 357 s. ISBN 1-55192-474-9. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on individual preparation, regular attendance of the biweekly seminars, and regular participation in the online discussions. Every week you are expected to watch one feature film and do the assigned reading. During the even weeks, when no seminars take place, each student is expected to get involved in the online discussion about the respective film (or reading) on the program. The students wishing to successfully complete the course are expected to view all the main items on the viewing list, read all the assigned reading, and prepare a presentation (either an online or in-class one) and actively participate in the discussions in class.
Assessment methods
Your grade will be based on your performance in class (in-class quizzes, presentations, involvement in both in-class and online discussions - 50%) and on the assessment of your essay (minimum 2100 words – 50%). Students who miss more than one biweekly session and/or students who fail to regularly contribute to the online discussions automatically fail the class.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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