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Lecturer(s)
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Hudac Nicholas David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course will consist of a weekly lecture, with assigned readings and films. Films will be available on the class Google Drive, readings are available online through a variety of online sources. Student will be expected to answer questions and discuss these when asked in class. There will be one midterm essay / basic research project, which will be a short 5-6 page essay on a single film. The final exam for this class will be an oral exam, similar in structure to the state exams. Students will select a question and have 15 minutes (maximum) to answer it and any follow up questions. Reading list: Rick Altman - Film/Genre Barry Keith Grant - Film Genre Reader III, IV Robin Wood - "Ideology, Genre, Auteur" Tom Gunning : "The Cinema of Attraction" Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin : "The Problem With Speech Genre"; Rablais and his World Robert Stam: Literature and Film Petr Szczepanik (ed.) : Cinema All the Time: An Anthology of Czech Film Theory and Criticism Boris Eichenbaum : Poetics of Cinema Jan Mukařovský : Structure, Sign and Function Film list: Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo Sergio Leone : A Fist Full of Dollars Edwin S. Porter: The Great Train Robbery John Ford: The Searchers Jean Pierre Melville : Le Samura? John Woo : The Killer Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Guys and Dolls Jacques Demy : The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Andrew L. Stone : Stormy Weather Tomáš Vorel : Smoke Kinji Fukasu: Battles Without Honor and Humanity Francis Ford Coppola : The Godfather I John Huston : The Maltese Falcon Rian Johnson: Brick Jordan Peele: Get Out Philip Kaufman: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Miike Takashi : Battle Royalei Aki Kaurismäki : Leningrad Cowboys Go America Dennis Hopper : Easy Rider Charles Chaplin : The Gold Rush (1924) Stephen Chow: Shaolin Soccer Jacques Tati : Mon Oncle Ted Bafaloukos: Rockers DA Pennebacker: Don't Look Back Preston Sturgges : Sullivan's Travels Joel & Ethan Coen : O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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Pozor! Jazyk výuky tohoto kurzu je angličtina. Písemné práce a ústní zkoušky mohou být v češtině nebo slovenštině. The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad basis in genre theory, as well as practical application of these theoretical tools when discussing film. While this course cannot cover every genre and sub-genre, it will provide students with a solid foundation in the most common genres in contemporary cinema, as well as as establishing a firm theoretical basis for further analytical work.
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Prerequisites
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This course will consist of a weekly lecture, with assigned readings and films. Films will be available on the class Google Drive, readings are available online through a variety of online sources. Student will be expected to answer questions and discuss these when asked in class. There will be one midterm essay / basic research project, which will be a short 5-6 page essay on a single film. The final exam for this class will be an oral exam, similar in structure to the state exams. Students will select a question and have 15 minutes (maximum) to answer it and any follow up questions.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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25% Class Participation 10% Attendance 30% Midterm Essay 35% Final Exam
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Recommended literature
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