Course: History of World Cinema 2

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Course title History of World Cinema 2
Course code KDU/DSF2U
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hain Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course program: 1. The Advent of Sound 2. Hollywood and the Triumph of the Studio System 3. Genres in the American Film Industry 4. Documentaries and Propaganda 5. France 6. Italy 7. Great Britain 8. Germany 9. Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union 10. India and China 11. Japan 12. The Transformation of Hollywood and the Rise of Independent Films Required reading: David Bordwell a Kristin Thompsonová, Dějiny filmu (Praha: AMU a Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007), s. 199-452. Recommended reading: David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Cinema (New York: W. W. Norton, 1996), s. 239-515, . Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (ed.), The Oxford History of World Cinema (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), s. 207-460.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This course builds on the DSF1U course. The lecture series provides an introduction to the history of world cinema from the introduction of sound at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s to the turn of the 1950s and 1960s (the emergence of the New Waves). 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 in the form of case studies, with the primary emphasis placed on the broader historical context. Individual lectures focus on the Hollywood industrial model as well as on the situation in selected European and Asian national cinematographies.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Knowledge of the required reading; viewing 12 films selected by the instructor (see Moodle); passing written tests with a score of at least 70% or submitting analytical notes on the required films totaling at least 5 standard pages. The course is worth 4 credits: 1 credit = in-class instruction (25 hours per semester) 1.5 credits = reading the required reading in Czech (250 standard pages) 1 credit = watching the assigned films (total running time approx. 20 hours) 0.5 credits = preparation for a written test or writing analytical notes
Recommended literature
  • ASHBY, Justine, HIGSON, Andrew. (2004). British Cinema, Past and Present. London.
  • Bordwell, David a Kristin Thompson. (2007). Dějiny filmu. Praha.
  • BORDWELL, David. (1988). Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema. London.
  • BORDWELL, David, STAIGER, Janet, THOMPSON, Kristin. (2002). The Classical Hollywood Cinema. New York.
  • COOK, David A. (2004). A History of Narrative Film. New York.
  • DUDLEY, Andrew. (1995). Mists of Regret. Princeton.
  • HAALAND, Torunn. (2012). Italian Neorealist Cinema. Edinburgh.
  • HAYWARD, Susan. (2005). French National Cinema. London.
  • IORDANOVA, Dina. (2003). Cinema of the Other Europe. The Industry and Artistry of East Central European Cinema. London.
  • KRACAUER, Siegfried. (1958). Dějiny německého filmu od Caligariho k Hitlerovi. Praha.
  • LEYDA, Jay. (1983). A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. Princeton.
  • SORLIN, Pierre. (1996). Italian National Cinema 1896?1996. London.
  • STANDISH, Isolde. (2006). A New History of Japanese Cinema. New York.
  • THOMPSONOVÁ, Kristin, BORDWELL, David. (2007). Dějiny filmu. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer