PdF:AJ_AFIT Film Seminar - Course Information
AJ_AFIT English and American Film Production
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Aaron Marc Collier, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková - Timetable
- Tue 17:05–19:40 učebna 30
- 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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- This is a web-based course supported by moodle. Via web-links and by using files, students can read reviews and watch trailers to the films presented in a particular semester. Students also participate in on-line discussion forums where they express their opinion on a film they viewed. They further evaluate the films from the point of learning language and culture relevance. The list of films change each semester.
The main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to improve language proficiency;
to learn about culture and societies of English speaking countries;
to see and understand how cultures are mirrored in the Anglo-Saxon film production. - Syllabus
- Films of British and/or American Film Production. Various genres: comedy, drama, thriller. 6 - 7 films per semester.
- Literature
- BELSEY, Catherine. Culture and the real : theorizing cultural criticism. London: Routledge, 2005, xv, 172. ISBN 041525289X. info
- CAMPBELL, Neil and Alasdair KEAN. American cultural studies : an introduction to American culture. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1997, viii, 311. ISBN 041512798X. info
- MARWICK, Arthur. British society since 1945. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1990, vi, 430 p. ISBN 0-14-013817-599. info
- Assessment methods
- Seminar; on-line discussions.
1.80% class attendance
2. Participate in all discussion forums.
3. Write an essay:
Chose one of the following:
a) write a review of a film of your choice (NB: choice limited to the films we have viewed this term)
or
b) write a personal reflection on a film character(s) and/or a personal opinion on one of the films.
Length: minimum two pages (double-space) per paper. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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