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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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- Early cinema - International expansion of cinema - The beginnings of classical Hollywood cinema - German cinema - French cinema of the 1920s - Soviet cinema I. (Vertov, Kuleshov, Pudovkin) - Soviet cinema II. (Eisenstein, Dovzhenko et al.) - Hollywood in the 1920s I. (studio system, Ingram, DeMille, Stroheim) - Hollywood in the 1920s II. (Vidor, Sternberg, Chaplin, Keaton, European directors) - Experimental cinema and documentary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The lecture offers a basic survey of film history from the beginning to the end of the silent era. The explication aims from first technical invensions and the period of early cinema to the occurence of the feature form and its development in national cinemas. The Hollywood model of narrative film with its stable production, formal and stylistic norms is compared with artistic expressions of European avant-garde (French impressionism, German expressionism, Soviet montage school etc.).
The course will provide students with the basic knowledge required for their further study of film history.
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Prerequisites
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General cultural insight.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam
Thematic knowledge for the exam.
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Recommended literature
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BORDWELL, David. (1980). French Impressionist Cinema. New York .
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BORDWELL, David, STAIGER, Janet, THOMPSON, Kristin. (2002). The Classical Hollywood Cinema. New York .
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COOK, David A. (2004). A History of Narrative Film. New York.
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ELSAESSER, Thomas. (2000). Weimar Cinema and After. London .
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LEYDA, Jay. (1983). A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. Princeton .
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THOMPSONOVÁ, Kristin, BORDWELL, David. (2007). Dějiny filmu. Praha .
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