FAVs009 Cinema of Far East: seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
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
This seminar is focused on analysis of selected films from Japan, Korea, Vietnam and China, including Taiwan and Hong-Kong. We will study their genre aspects, cultural specifics, reflections of social, ethnic and politic problems and questions of gender. Literature: Anderson, Joseph L., Richie, Donald (1983): The Japanese Film: Art and Industry, Princeton; Bordwell, David (1988): Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, New Jersey; Bordwell, David (2000): Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Lee, Hyangjin (2000): Contemporary Korean Cinema: identity, culture and politics, Manchester; Richie, Donald (1977): Ozu, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London; Richie, Donald, Mellen, Joan (1999): The Films of Akira Kurosawa, University of California Press; Sato, Tadao (1997): Le cinema japonais, Paris; Turim, Maureen Cheryn (1998): The Films of Oshima Nagisa: Images of a Japanese Iconoclast, Berkeley.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Referát o filmu v rámci semináře nebo esej.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005.
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