AJ18085 Australian Aboriginality in Film

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
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
Thu 14:00–15:40 G25
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
On completing the course the student will have basic knowledge of the representation of Australian Aboriginal people in films and will be able to contrast different approaches taken by white and Aboriginal directors in compliance with changing governmental policy.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Introduction. Basic concepts of film production
  • identity and ideology
  • Sample analysis(Rabbit-proof fence)
  • Jedda
  • The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
  • last Wave
  • My survival as an Aborigine
  • Where the green ants dream
  • Wrong side of the road
  • Women of the sun
  • Nicecoloured girls
  • Always was always will be
  • Yolngu boy
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Understanding Movies ISBN 9780205737543
  • MONACO James How to read a film. OUP ISBN 0195321057
  • Film as a social practice ISBN 41500735
  • BENSHOFF, Harry M. and Sean GRIFFIN. America on film : representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xvii, 453. ISBN 9781405170550. info
  • COLLINS, Felicity. Australian cinema after Mabo. Edited by Therese Davis. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, vii, 204. ISBN 0521834805. info
  • O'REGAN, Tom. Australian national cinema. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1996, 405 s. ISBN 0415057302. info
  • TURNER, Graeme. Making it national : nationalism and Australian popular culture. 1st publ. St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1994, xii, 189. ISBN 1863737227. info
  • WARD, Russel Braddock. Concise history of Australia. Rev. ed. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992, xix, 390. ISBN 0702223867. info
    not specified
  • The film cultures reader. Edited by Graeme Turner. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2002, xx, 524 s. ISBN 0-415-25281-4. info
  • BORDWELL, David and Kristin THOMPSON. Film art : an introduction. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990, xvi, 425. ISBN 0070064393. info
Teaching methods
Class presentations, discussions, commentaries
Assessment methods
Class presentation and participation 40% Commentaries 10% Essay 50%
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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