CZS36 Czech New Wave

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šárka Jelínek Gmiterková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Erin Anna Huták
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Erin Anna Huták
Supplier department: Pan-university studies
Timetable
Tue 20. 9. to Wed 14. 12. Tue 8:00–11:50 C34
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 65 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/65, only registered: 0/65
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
Various modernist and nationally specific cinemas of the 1960s, frequently labelled as the new waves, are still fondly remembered as the peak of artistic filmmaking. This course will focus on the Czech (Czechoslovak) New Wave, introducing the phenomenon from multiple perspectives – industrial, stylistic, narrative, generational, collaborative and international. Individual lectures will present key filmmakers associated with the label, not only directors, but writers and screenwriters, directors of photography, actors and other crucial collaborators. The course will proceed chronologically; starting in the late 1950s, which laid structural, topical and aesthetic basis for the filmmaking of the following decade, and concluding in the early 1970s, when the New Wave came to a rather abrupt end due to political reasons. The lectures will be accompanied by weekly screenings from DVDs or Blu-Rays (with English subtitles).
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
After completing the course students will be able to:
- Identify key authors of the Czech New Wave and their work
- Understand this creative output in wider social, economic, cultural and aesthetic contexts of the decade
- Explain the concept of modernist cinema
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. The context surrounding Czech New Wave - political, historical, social and cultural.
  • 2. What is modernist cinema? Defining art cinema of the 1960s // introduction to the Czech New Wave phenomenon
  • 3. The teachers and their disciples – FAMU film school and previous generation of filmmakers shaping the New Wave authors and vice versa
  • 4. The state socialist mode of production in the 1960s
  • 5. Slovak authors under the New Wave label (lectured by Katarína Kunkelová)
  • 6. Censorship as a dialogue?
  • 7. The characters typology in the films of the New Wave
  • 8. Innovations on the level of narration and style - part I
  • 9. Innovations on the level of narration and style - part II
  • 10. Key collaborators to the authors – screenwriters, DOPs and actors – part I
  • 11. Key collaborators to the authors – screenwriters, DOPs and actors – part II
  • 12. The Czech New Wave comes to an end – political changes and the beginning of normalisation at the Barrandov studios and its persistence in contemporary film culture
Literature
  • MAZIERSKA, Ewa. Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak cinema : Black Peters and men of marble. 1st paperback ed. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010, 249 s. ISBN 9781845455408. info
  • Czech and Slovak cinematheme and tradition. Edited by Peter Hames. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009, vii, 264 p. ISBN 0748620818. info
  • HAMES, Peter. The czechoslovak new wave. 2. ed. London: Wallflower Press, 2005, xi, 323. ISBN 1904764436. info
  • The cinema of Central Europe. Edited by Peter Hames. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2004, xv, 291. ISBN 1904764215. info
  • HAMES, Peter. The Czechoslovak new wave. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1985, x, 322. ISBN 0520048598. info
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Topical screenings, followed by a discussion and a lecture.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Oral examination, including written preparation consisting of abstracts of 20 films minimum and a resumé from one book/chapter/article listed in the required reading list.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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