KLMgrB72 A certain idea of Antiquity. Cinema and the representation of Greece and Rome II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Elisabetta Maria Gagetti, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 6. 3. 15:50–17:25 122, Thu 8. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 27. 3. 15:50–17:25 122, Thu 29. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 3. 4. 15:50–17:25 122, Thu 5. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 17. 4. 15:50–17:25 122, Thu 19. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 9. 5. 15:50–17:25 Zahraniční oddělení, Thu 10. 5. 17:30–19:05 122
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
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the idea that, in movies about antiquity, the main aim for the archaeologist is not to detect “what is correct; what is wrong” • the idea that the image of antiquity depends strictly on the years in which the movie was made (this is the Leitmotiv of the present course, mostly organized on couples of movies, sharing the subject or a particular theme, shot in different decades) • the main aim is the research of the sources (ancient and scientific-archaeological; but also outside this field) of the image of antiquity • the concept of the permanence, through transformation, of antiquity in present days
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (twelve 2-hour lessons): each unità didattica will consists of the screening of some footages and of a real lesson 1. Greek tragedy on the screen: “Medea”. Part one: Medea (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969) 2. Greek tragedy on the screen: Medea. Part two: Medea (Lars von Trier, 1988 – TV movie) 3. Spartacus versus Spartacus. Part one: Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960) 4. Spartacus versus Spartacus. Part two: Spartacus. Blood and Sand (different directors, 2010; TV serial: season 1) 5. Once upon a time, along the Danube. Part One: The Fall of the Roman Empire (Anthony Mann, 1964) 6. Once upon a time, along the Danube. Part two: Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000) 7. The Italian way to kolossal. Part one: Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914) 8. The Italian way to kolossal. Part two: Il Colosso di Rodi (Sergio Leone, 1961) 9. The discreet charm of the ruins: Voyage en Italie (Roberto Rossellini, 1954) and Scipione, detto anche l’Africano (Luigi Magni, 1972) 10. Antiquity through Shakespeare: Titus (Julie Taymore, 1999) 11. La caduta di Troia (Giovanni Pastrone, Romano Luigi Borgnetto, 1911): The archetype of the filmic image of the War of Troy 12. Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Eleuterio Rodolfi, 1913): The Roman antiquity of Late Victorian painters and cinema: a common background?
Literature
  • KOLKER, Robert Phillip. A cinema of loneliness : Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xvii, 484. ISBN 0195123492. info
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
PowerPoint presentation (in English; in particular cases only, after a previous written request to the teacher, a Czech text with an English handout – supplied by the student - can be accepted). • Each student will prepare a short (10-15’) PowerPoint presentation in which, following the methodological indications explained and exemplified during the lessons, a particular aspect of the modern reading of Antiquity will be highlighted. There are no restrictions about the original language of the movie and its original destination (cinema or television). Each student enrolled in the course will listen to the PowerPoint presentations of the others. Requirements for the test: • Knowledge of the contents of the lessons • The reading of some texts in literature is suggested
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test v angličtině - volba odpovědí
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
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