UBK21061 The History of World Cinema II

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Feikusová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Feikusová
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Lectures History of World Cinema is provides students to the history of world cinema in the period from 1945 to the present. The lecture is trying to introduce students to the aesthetic plane and biographical history of cinema. Students will learn about an important period film, leading directors and major films. The seminar continues to lecture on the history of world cinema and introduces students to significant works of film, which was shot from the end of the Second World War.
Syllabus
  • The lecture:
    1. Film after World War II, Italian neorealism, Italian cinema in the 1960s (De Sica, Zavattini, Rossellini, Visconti, Pasolini, Antonioni, Fellini).
    2. French cinema since 1945 (Tati, Bresson). French New Wave (Godard, Resnais, Truffaut).
    3. Spirituality in the film, Ingmar Bergman.
    4, Film after World War II in Central and Eastern Europe.
    5. American film after World War II in the 1950s and 1960s (Wilder, Hitchcock).
    6. The British Free Cinema movement (Anderson).
    7. Cinema of the USA since the 1970s to the present (Kubrick, Altman, Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Forman, Polanski, Allen, Lynch, Tarantino). American independent cinema (Jarmusch, the Coen brothers).
    8. European cinema (Bu?uel, Saura, Almodóvar, Herzog, Wenders, Schlöndorff, Kaurismäki, Trier, Greenaway).
    9. Cinematography of Eastern Europe since the 1970s to the present.
    10. Asian cinema (Kurosawa).
    The course:
    Analysis of selected films.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Biskind, Peter. Bezstarostní jezdci, zuřící býci. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-204-2259-0. info
  • Plazewski, Jerzy. Dějiny filmu 1895-2005. Praha, 2009. info
  • Bergan, Ronald. Film. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-136-2. info
  • Thompsonová, Kristin - Bordwell, David. Dějiny filmu. Praha, 2007. info
  • Schröder, Nicolaus. Slavní filmoví režiséři. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7209-643-5. info
  • Patalas, Enno - Gregor, Ulrich. Dejiny filmu. Bratislava, 1970. info
  • Sadoul, Georges. Dějiny filmu. Praha, 1958. info
Teaching methods
Skills demonstration
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
1. Active participation in the lectures and seminars (two absences are permitted).
2. List of min. 15 films which student watched.
3. Independent creation of the course paper and its presentation (approx. 5-7 standard pages of text).
4. Completion of the final oral or written exam (including an analysis of films which student watched).
Lecturer - contact: Mgr. Jitka Feikusová - jitka.feikusova@seznam.cz
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