UCJAOPBK30 British and American Culture in Film

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
none
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 aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with selected cultural concepts reflected in British and American literature and with their subsequent interpretations in the form of film adaptations of literary works. Discussion of selected culturological categories will be based on the comparison of selected film works with their literary models (or with relevant text excerpts), together with a reflection of the cultural-social, artistic and historical conventions influencing conversion of artistic text into its film form.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students will be able to define the basic features of short stories as a literary genre and will know important representatives of British and American short stories and their major works. They will be able to analyze short literary texts, apply basic narratological concepts in this analysis and use relevant secondary sources.
Syllabus
  • Course Syllabus: 1. Introduction, basic terminology 2. Henry James: Washington Square (kniha) 3. Agnieszka Holland: Washington Square (film) 4. G. Greene: The Quiet American (kniha) 5. Phillip Noyce: The Quiet American (film) 6. Ian McEwan: Atonement (kniha) 7. Joe Wright: Atonement (film) 8. Michael Cunningham: The Hours (kniha) 9. S. Daldry: The Hours (film) 10. Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (kniha) 11. David Fincher: Fight Club (film) 12. Russell Banks: Sweet Hereafter (kniha) 13. Atom Egoyan: Sweet Hereafter (film)
Teaching methods
lecture, presentation, class discussion
Assessment methods
presentation, credit test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hod/cv/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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