FAVBKalt3 Cinema in the occupied Europe, 1939-1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, 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 5. 5. 9:10–12:25 U34
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 69 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/69, only registered: 0/69, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/69
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will provide students with concrete historical knowledge about similarities and diferences in reaction of film industry and audiences to occupation, and about the role and stability of fim industry practices or national traditions. The students will be introduced to theoretical courses, metodologies and research sources . Besides discussion on the situation in other European countries, the lectures will focus on Protectorate in Bohemia and Moravia.
Learning outcomes
Students will be introduced to up to date researches on film industry and film culture in the period of WWII, as well as to methodological principles of comparative research, global history, local history, or oral history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the course; film screening 2. Cultural Imperialism, cultural transfer, cultural continuity? 3. Hollywood, Ufa, and national demands: strategies of competition 4. (Re)organisation of film production and its goals: national traditions vs. global ambitions 5. Film distribution and practices of exhibition: market regulation 6. Popular film, film for people, or a "trash"? The case study of crime movies 7. Discourse on film in a totalitarian regime 8. Film popularity and (national) audiences 9. Film reception: films, stars, audiences 10. Transnational production and transnational imagination in totalitarian regimes?
Literature
  • Bednařík, Petr: Arizace české kinematografie. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003
  • Dvořáková, Tereza – Klimeš, Ivan: Prag-Film AG 1941–1945. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Protektorats- und Reichskinemagografie. München: Edition text+kritik, 2008
  • Hake, Sabine: Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001
  • Mohn, Volker: Nacistická kulturní politika v Protektorátu. Koncepce, praxe a reakce české strany. Praha: Prostor, 2018
  • Benjamin G. Martin: The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture. Cambridge – London: Harvard University Press, 2016
  • Roel Vande Winkel – David Welch (eds.): Cinema and the Swastika. The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
  • Bryant, Chad: Praha v černém. Nacistická vláda a český nacionalismus. Praha: Argo 2012
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions.
Assessment methods
Testing knowledge of obligatory reading - 40% Final written test - 60%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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