FAV195 Sovietization of Film Culture: Czechoslovakia, GDR and Poland

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
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
Mon 12:30–14:05 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand the wider political context and the state of cultural policy in the post-war Europe. They will be able to reflect on the changes in the film industries of Czechslovakia, Poland and GDR. Students will get a knowledge of the relation between film industry and the governmental bodies and will be able to use the tool of comparative analysis.
Syllabus
  • - methodological introduction: comparative analysis - methodological and historical introduction: the concept of "sovietization" - cultural policy and film industry in the post-war Czechoslovakia - cultural policy and film industry in the post-war GDR - cultural policy and film industry in the post-war Poland - a comparison of the cultural-policy and the structure of the film industry in the respective countries
Literature
  • Feinstein, Joshua. The triumph of the ordinary :depictions of daily life in the East German cinema, 1949-1989. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 331 s. ISBN 0-8078-5385-2
  • Skopal, Pavel ed.: Naplánovaná kinematografie. Český filmový průmysl 1945-1960. Praha: Academia, vyjde 2012
  • John Connelly: Captive University. The sovietization of East German, Czech and Polish higher education, 1945-1956. University of North Carolina Press 2000
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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