FAV267 War and Entertainment: Cinema Culture during WWII

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 pracovna
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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: - formulate a research topic and its hypothesis - realistically evaluate methods, sources and extension of a research projekct - to present theses of the research to the colleagues
Syllabus
  • 1. Popular culture and cinema in the Nazi Germany. 2. Popular culture and cinema in the late 1930s, Czech-German relationship. 3. Movie hits - viewers´ preferences in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. 4. Local cinema culture - distribution and exhibition in Brno during the Protectorate. 5. Basic characteristics and functions of the period discourse on the example of selected film periodicals.
Literature
  • Popular cinema of the Third Reich. Edited by Sabine Hake. 1st ed. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001, xiv, 272 p. ISBN 0292734581. info
  • DOLEŽAL, Jiří. Česká kultura za protektorátu :školství, písemnictví, kinematografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1996, 284 s. ISBN 80-7004-085-8. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion.
Assessment methods
Presentation of research thesis - 40% Deep knowledge of literature from reading list and an ability to use the knowledge in the discussion at the seminar - 30% An active participation in the seminar discussion - 30%
Language of instruction
Czech
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