AJ57011 Témata z kultury: Film

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2010
Rozsah
5x2. 10 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Rozvrh
Pá 10:00–11:35 G32
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course focuses on selected feature films made by major Canadian filmmakers during the last third of the 20th century. Students taking the course will get acquainted with ten key films that in their day represented notable artistic achievements and have remained an integral part of the canon of Canadian cinema ever since. During the course students will learn about various problems Canadian filmmakers are facing when confronted with their mighty Hollywood competition and they will assess the opportunities such a marginal position paradoxically represents. Cutting across a variety of genres, the selected films also invite thinking about a variety of wider contextual aspects. In other words studnets will be lead to understand not only the films as such, but also a variety of social, political and institutional issues that the films result from and reflect. A no less important aim of the course is to provide the course participants with a theoretical framework for a better understanding and appreciation of the film medium.
Osnova
  • Program: Session: 1. Shebib - Going Down the Road (1970) Jutra - Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) (accessible online at www.nfb.ca) Recommended: Owen – Nobody Waved Goodbye (www.nfb.ca) 2. Egoyan - Family Viewing (1987) Rozema - I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) 3. Cronenberg – Videodrome (1983) Scott - Strangers in Good Company (1990) (www.nfb.ca) 4. Arcand - Decline of the American Empire (1986) Girard - 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould (1993) 5. Krishna – Masala (1991) Kunuk – Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner (2001)
Literatura
  • MELNYK, George. One hundred years of Canadian cinema. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004, x, 361. ISBN 0802084443. info
  • Canada's best features : critical essays on 15 Canadian films. Edited by Eugene P. Walz. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002, xxxv, 383. ISBN 9042012099. info
  • GITTINGS, Christopher E. Canadian national cinema : ideology, difference and representation. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2002, ix, 338 s. ISBN 0-415-14281-4. info
Výukové metody
The course is based on individual preparation (watching the selected film films and regular reading), as well as regular seminar attendance. All students wishing to successfully complete the course are expected to view all the main items on the viewing list, read all the assigned reading, and actively participate in the discussions in class.
Metody hodnocení
The grade is based on the students' performance in class (in-class quizzes or response papers, involvement in discussions - 40%) and on the result of the written exam (60%). Students who miss more than one session automatically fail the class.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
E-mail: tomas.pospisil@phil.muni.cz
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován jednou za dva roky.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2012, jaro 2015, jaro 2017, jaro 2019.