Course: History and Film 2

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Course title History and Film 2
Course code KCD/HAF2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Parma Tomáš, doc. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
  • Somer Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
19. 2. Häxan (Danemark 1922, 122'/104') 26. 2. The Name of the Rose (It - Fr, 1986) 5. 3. Viy or Spirit of Evil (USSR 1967, 78') 12. 3. Faust (Germany 1926, 116') 19. 3, Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (Germany, 2008, 120') 26. 3. The Devils (GB 1971, 111´) 2. 4. Witchfinder General (GB 1968, 86') 9. 4. Witchhammer (CS 1969, 103') 16. 4. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (GB/USA 1985, 171') 23. 4. The Crucible (USA 1996, 124') 30. 4. Goya's Ghosts (USA - Spain, 2006, 110´) 7. 5. Arved (CZ, 2022, 120´)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The course familiarises a student with the perception of history through a film that is the most powerful factor in the creation of the historical public awareness. The course begins on 19th February 2025; the course takes place in the Lecture Hall of Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology (Univerzitní 22) in the time 17:30-20:00.
Student will perceive the historical context of film work in his relation with described historical facts.
Prerequisites
The basic orientation in history. English language.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Dialog

Active preparation for individual lectures, presence, written essay in the extent of 5 pages. The text of the essay about the selected film is to submit by the application "Semestral works" on Portal UP up to 16th April (23:59 h.)
Recommended literature
  • Blažejovský Jaromír. (2007). Spiritualita ve filmu. Brno.
  • De Baecque A. (2008). Histoire et cinéma. Paris.
  • Ferenčuhová, M. Historici a film, filmári a história. Hranice a prieniky dvoch disciplín.
  • Ferro Marc. (2003). Cinéma et histoire. Paris.
  • Ferro Marc. (1984). Film et histoire. Paris.
  • Fuhrmann Horst. (2006). Středověk je kolem nás. Jinočany.
  • Rosenstone Robert A. (2006). History on Film/Film on History. New York.
  • Rosenstone Robert A. (2003). Visions of the Past. The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History. Cambridge (Mass.).


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Catholic Theology (2) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer