FAVBKa07 History of Czech Cinema after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 10. 10. 9:10–12:25 C34, Sat 24. 10. 10:50–12:25 C34, 13:20–14:55 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to line up an overview of the history of Czech cinema after 1945. In basic periods (various generations of FAMU, Czechoslovak new wave, so-called normalisation period, contemporary cinema, etc.), Czech cinema will be examined from the point of view of the actual government, and its place in the society. Cinema production, distribution and exhibition will be examined closely.

Main objectives:
to gain basic orientation in the history of Czech cinema after 1945;
to understand the place of the cinema in the wider social context;
to see the cinema as a complex social phenomenon, not as a sequence of aesthetically exceptional films;
to learn about the relations between production, distribution and exhibition of films;
to widen existing knowledge of films after 1945 by screening lesser-known pictures.
Syllabus
  • Overview of materials for studying Czech cinema
  • Time division of the period after 1945. Basic division of cinema studies
  • After-war development
  • Fifties and the development before so-called Czechoslovak new wave
  • So-called Czechoslovak new wave
  • Period of so-called normalisation
  • Nineties and the contemporary cinema
Literature
  • Havelka, Jiří. Film v číslech a událostech. Praha : Filmový ústav, 1965.
  • Démanty všednosti :český a slovenský film 60. let : kapitoly o nové vlně. Edited by Stanislava Přádná - Zdena Škapová - Jiří Cieslar. Vyd. 1. Praha : Pražská scéna, 2002. 387 s. ISBN 80-86102-17-3.
  • Havelka, Jiří. Čs. filmové hospodářství, 2. díl, 1945-1957. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958.
  • Czech feature film. Edited by Ivana Tibitanzlová. Praha : Národní filmový archiv, 2001. 479 s. ISBN 80-7004-102-1.
  • Panorama českého filmu. Edited by Petr Bilík. Vyd. 1. Olomouc : Rubico, 2000. 514 s. ISBN 80-85839-54-7.
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Lectures and screenings.
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky, další termíny jsou: podzim 2006, podzim 2009, podzim 2012 atd.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2018.
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