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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Course Syllabus: 1. Early Cinema in the U.S. and Europe 2. The Institutionalization of Cinema, the Emergence of Narrative Film 3. The Rise of Hollywood and the International Expansion of Film 4. World War I and the Crisis in Europe; Serials 5. Grotesque and Comedy 6. Animated Film, Documentary, and the Avant-Garde 7. France 8. Italy, Great Britain 9. Germany 10. Scandinavia 11. Russia and the Soviet Union 12. The Golden Age of Silent Film and the Advent of Sound Required reading: David Bordwell a Kristin Thompsonová, Dějiny filmu (Praha: AMU a Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007), s. 19-198. Recommended reading: David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Cinema (New York: W. W. Norton, 1996). Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (ed.), The Oxford History of World Cinema (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), s. 1-204. The course has a dedicated page on IS Moodle, where detailed information, all course materials, and supplementary activities are available.
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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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This lecture series provides an introduction to the history of world cinema from its beginnings to the advent of sound at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. Attention is given to the development of the film form as well as to the institutional, technological, political-social, and cultural conditions of film production, distribution, and consumption. Key figures are presented selectively through case studies, with the primary emphasis placed on broader historical contexts. Individual lectures focus on the Hollywood industrial model as well as on the situation in European countries, where popular film often coexisted alongside avant-garde movements (German Expressionism, French Impressionism, the 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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No prerequisites.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Written exam
Passing the written exam (minimum score of 70%); knowledge of the required reading. The course is worth 3 credits: 1 credit = classroom instruction (25 hours per semester) 1.5 credits = reading the required literature in Czech (200 ns) 0.5 credits = preparation for the written 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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Toeplitz, J., Vyhlídal, R., Smejkal, Z., & Levý, J. (1989). Dějiny filmu. Praha.
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