Course: History of Cinematography in Slavic Countries

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Course title History of Cinematography in Slavic Countries
Course code KLK/MDEKI
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Téra Michal, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
ourse content: 1. Film in the Eastern Bloc during the "thaw". 2. The New Wave of Soviet Cinema since the late 1950s 3. The Yugoslav "black wave" and the specifics of Yugoslav film production. 4. The New Slovak Wave in Czechoslovakia and its dialogue with Czech film. 5. The Polish Film School. 6. Soviet film of the 1970s - crisis of ideals. 7. Polish cinema of moral unrest. 8. "The sensation of disintegration" - the cinematic art of the Eastern Bloc and Yugoslavia in the 1980s. 9. Film and history - historical themes in Eastern European cinema. 10. "Slavic Utopia" - the motif of the countryside in Slavic film. Tarkovsky. 12. Gallery of filmmakers: Kieślowski. 13. Gallery of filmmakers: Kusturica.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Contact teaching - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to the historical development of Slavic cinema between the 1950s and 1990s. The lecture series will begin with an introduction to the basic currents and stages of film art in the Slavic countries in the second half of the 20th century. Subsequently, the lectures will focus on significant themes and motifs in Slavic cinema. The series will conclude with lectures on the most important creators of Slavic cinema.
The course is intended for Master's students of any major, and is primarily oriented towards students of Slavonic studies and history.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

Successful completion of the course requires attendance, active participation in class, and viewing of assigned film material about which the student will be able to provide insightful information, including the context of the creation of the work. In the case of distance learning, the successful completion of the course will be conditional on viewing the assigned film works and completing a seminar paper on the assigned topic.
Recommended literature
  • GOULDING, Daniel. Jugoslovensko filmsko iskustvo, 1945 - 2001. Zagreb, 2004.
  • KOPAL, Petr. Film a dějiny 3: politická kamera ? film a stalinismus. Praha, 2012.
  • KOPAL, Petr. Film a dějiny. 7, Propaganda. Praha, 2018.
  • LUBELSKI, Tadeusz. Historia kina polskiego. Twórcy, filmy, konteksty. Chorzów, 2008.
  • MACEK, Václav - PAŠTIEKOVÁ, Jelena. Dejiny slovenskej kinematografie 1896 - 1969. Bratislava, 2016.
  • MARGOLIT, Jevgenij. Živyje i mjortvyje. Zametkyi k istorii sovetskogo kino 1920 - 1960-ch godov. Sankt: Peterburg, 2012.
  • PTÁČEK, Luboš. Film a dějiny. 6, Post-komunismus: proměny českého historického filmu po roce 1989. Praha, 2016.
  • STOJIĆ, Danko. Volite li stari domaćo film? Iz istorije jugoslovenskog filma. Novi Sad, 2014.
  • TARKOVSKIJ, Andrej. Krása je symbolem pravdy: rozhovory, eseje, přednášky, korespondence, filmové scénáře a jiné texty 1967?1986. Příbram, 2005.


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