Course: Latin American Film

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Course title Latin American Film
Course code KRS/LAFV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course Compulsory-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)
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the concepts of perspectivism and multinaturalism (Viveiros de Castro). 2. El abrazo de la serpiente (Ciro Guerra, 2015) 3. El retablo (Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio, 2017) 4. Ixcanul (Jairo Bustamante, 2015) 5. Nosilatiaj. La belleza (Daniela Seggiaro, 2012) 6. Chocó (Hendrix Hinestroza, 2012) 7. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 99 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to approach the cinemas of Latin American countries through the methodological approach of the so-called new film history. From a broader perspective, this method can be seen as an analytical-descriptive overview mapping the relations of film historiography to other social sciences and humanities. It also draws primarily on the political, economic and sociological sciences. In practical terms, this means that the history of Latin American cinema is not conceived as a chronological survey of the development of individual national productions. The teaching is divided into several thematic clusters that trace given phenomena and phenomena from a diachronic or synchronic approach - for example: indigenism, the advent of sound, mutual relations in cinema 1918-2015 between the Czech Republic and selected Latin American countries (distribution, co-productions, cultural exchange in the field of cinema... ), the relationship between film and politics, foreign diasporas - the work of emigrants, mythology, magic and magical realism and their intersection with film, melodrama and other genres, Latin American exploitation film, the phenomenon of new Latin American film and its offshoots, independent filmmaking - guerrilla filmmaking, avant-garde tendencies in Latin American film, Luis Bunuel in Mexico and the work of other important filmmakers in Latin American countries , marginalidad - children, sexual minorities, sports and its influence on genre filmmaking - luchador films, football, national myths - gaucho, charro, sertao and cangaceiro, etc., representation of Latin America in Czechoslovak (Czech) films (in the period 1945/48-1989).
- to understand the development of Latin American cinematography in the context of social and cultural changes - to be able to use terminology related to cinematography - to interpret an artistic work in the historical and social context of the given period - to develop the ability to take part in an academic discussion
Prerequisites
Spanish level B2

Assessment methods and criteria
Final project

1. regular attendance and active participation in the lectures 2. analysis and reflection on the selected film using projection/presentation 3. on the basis of the movies seen in class and the research of literature, to write an essay dealing with one of the covered topics or on a related topic, subject to prior agreement with the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • Elena, Alberto y Díaz López, Marina. (1999). Tierra en trance: el cine latinoamericano en 100 películas. Alianza Editorial.
  • Galeano, Eduardo. (2000). Las venas abiertas de América Latina. Siglo XXI.
  • Mahieu, José Agustín. (1990). Panorama del cine iberoamericano. Madrid.
  • Vargas, Juan Carlos (ed.). (2011). Tendencias del cine iberoamericano en el nuevo milenio (Argentina, Brasil, Espa?a y México. Universidad de Guadalajara.
  • Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo. (2010). Metafísicas caníbales. Líneas de antropología postestructural. Madrid: Katz Editores.


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): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish philology with specialization in translation and interpreting (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter