FAV102 Film criticism: a seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded 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
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 C34
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 course of film critisism is based on contemporary audiovisual production. We practice various genres of critical writing related to the everyday praxis of mass media. The student hand in an article about a first-run-movie every week, usually from the current Czech production; texts are analysed and classified from filmological, journalistic and linguistic aspects as well as in accordance with articulation of their critical gesture and argumentation.
At the end of the course students should be able to articulate their critical opinions in various genres of critical writing; they will get informations about their dispositions for activities of film criticism.
Syllabus
  • Introduction into film critisism and the first review as an entering test
  • A review for newspaper
  • Reviews for weeklies
  • Film criticism on websites
  • Reviews for film review
  • Festival papers
  • A short essay or a column
  • Classification
Literature
  • STANKOVIČ, Andrej. Co dělat, když Kolja vítězí. Edited by Michael Špirit. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2008, 697 s. ISBN 9788087037089. info
  • CIESLAR, Jiří. Kočky na Atalantě. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2003, 572 s. ISBN 80-85883-89-9. info
  • PEŇÁS, Jiří. Deset procent naděje : výbor z publicistiky 1995-2001. Praha: Dokořán, 2002, 228 s. ISBN 8086569128. info
  • CIESLAR, Jiří. Concettino ohlédnutí : portréty, kritiky a eseje : 1975-1995. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1996, 310 s. ISBN 8070040831. info
  • LUKEŠ, Jan. Orgie střídmosti, aneb, Konec československé státní kinematografie :(kritický deník, 1987-1993). Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1993, 324 s. ISBN 80-7004-006-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, watching films, homeworks, e-learning, e-mail correspondence, reading texts in the Homework Vault, reciprocal correction of homeworks.
Assessment methods
Classified inclusion: nine critical texts during the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
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