FAV153 Oral History and the History of Cinema I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 L10
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The Oral History approach can be used both as an alternative source of informations and as a tool of an etno-historical research studying the role of cinema in the everyday life. At the end of the course students should be able to: - evaluate a project based on the methods of oral history - prepare methodologically correct research project based on the method of oral history - reconstruct the temporary historical context - prepare a methodologically correct structure of an interview - realize an interview with a narrator - analyse and interprete the acquired material
Syllabus
  • - the methodology of oral history - the history of the method in the film studies area - introduction of a concrete research topic - a reconstruction of the historical context - questionnaire - interview - transcription - analysis and interpretation of the seminar´s interviews
Literature
  • Koszarski, Richard: Oral History. Film History 12, 2000, č. 1
  • Richardson, Helen: Memory Reclamation of Cinema Going in Bridgend, South Wales, 1930-1960. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 23, 2003, č. 4
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • KUHN, Annette. Dreaming of Fred and Ginger : cinema and cultural memory. New York: New York University Press, 2002, xii, 273. ISBN 081474771X. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion.
Assessment methods
A research on the period context, interviews, its analysis and interpretation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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