FAVBPa08 History of World Cinema till 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Večeřa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, 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 17:30–20:45 C34, Tue 9:10–12:25 Scala
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
The main objectives can be summarized as follows: to give basic information about the most important film movements, auteurs and events, especially from the point of view of "traditional" film history. Various other approaches how to study and how to tell the history of world cinema will be confronted. Film will not be approached only as an art form, but also as an industry, whose changing practices of production and distribution effect the moviemaking practice. As such the course will offer the basic frame for more specialized courses on world cinema.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
have an understanding of the contexts of main film movements as expressionism, avantgarde, montage school
understand the studio system
shortly analyse and interpret works of selected auteurs
describe technologies of motion pictures.
Syllabus
  • 17. 2. Early cinema, before 1905
  • 24. 2. European cinema, 1906-1919
  • 3. 3. Germamy, 1919-1929
  • 10. 3. Sweden, 1912-1929
  • 17. 3. Establishing of Classical cinema, 1908-1928
  • 24. 3. Studio system and introduction of sound, USA
  • 31. 3. Russia and Soviet Union, 1912-1926
  • 7. 4. Soviet Union, 1926-1934
  • 14. 4. Soviet Union, 1934-1945
  • 21. 4. France, 1919-1929 / 1930-1945
  • 28. 4. Great Britain, 1919-1945
  • 5. 5. Germany, 1930-1945
  • 12. 5. USA, 1930-1948
Literature
  • Reinventing film studies. Edited by Christine Gledhill - Linda Williams. London: Arnold, 2000, ix, 464 s. ISBN 0-340-67722-8. info
  • CIV'JAN, Jurij Gavrilovič. Early cinema in Russia and its cultural reception. Edited by Richard Taylor, Translated by Alan Bodger - Tom Gunning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, xxii, 273. ISBN 0226814262. info
  • The Oxford history of world cinema : [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, xxii, 824. ISBN 0198742428. info
  • Cinema and the invention of modern life. Edited by Leo Charney - Vanessa R. Schwartz. Barkeley: University of California Press, 1995, vii, 409. ISBN 0520201124. info
  • THOMPSON, Kristin and David BORDWELL. Film history: an introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994, xliv, 857. ISBN 0070064490. info
  • ALLEN, Robert C. and Douglas GOMERY. Film History: Theory and Practice. McGraw - Hill, 1985. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, film screenings, reading.
Assessment methods
Written test dealing with compulsory reading as well movies from the respective period which will be specified as obligatory.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky, další termíny jsou: jaro 2006, jaro 2009, jaro 2012 atd.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2012, Spring 2018.
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