FAV310 Interpretative Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, 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
Wed 12:30–14:05 U34, except Wed 16. 11.
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 43 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/43, only registered: 0/43, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/43
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In recent years, film studies are dominated by analyses at the expense of interpretations. Results: deficit of understanding; the analyst can describe how the piece of art is built but sometimes he or she is not able to understand it in full range of its message.
Various forms of interpretive exercises will be practiced in the seminar: discussion, essays. Films currently shown in cinemas, in the course Cinema of Central Europe: Hungary and during special screenings will be interpreted in the seminar.

At the end of the course students should be able to:
think about messages articulate by films
ask inspirational questions about meanings in films
formulate their own interpretations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Discussions and exercises
Literature
  • BORDWELL, David. Making meaning : inference and rhetoric in the interpretation of cinema. 1st Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991, xvi, 334. ISBN 067454336X. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ladislav NAGY. Meze interpretace. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 330 s. ISBN 9788024607405. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Otevřené dílo : forma a neurčenost v současných poetikách. Translated by Zora Obstová. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2015, 295 stran. ISBN 9788025711583. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Pravda a metoda. Translated by David Mik. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2010, 415 s. ISBN 9788087256046. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Pravda a metoda. Translated by David Mik. Vydání první. Praha: Triáda, 2011, 471 stran. ISBN 9788087256442. info
Teaching methods
Discussions, presentations, home work.
Assessment methods
A total of nine will be assigned tasks. To obtain the credit necessary is to meet at least seven of them.
Language of instruction
Czech
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