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The collapse of communist rule and transformation towards liberal democracy and the free market in Eastern Europe has been studied from a variety of perspectives. This course will focus on how this process has been captured in popular cinema of the late 1980s and 1990s. Students will learn to approach popular culture as a useful historical source for investigating the expectations, stereotypes, and imaginaries associated with the introduction of the free market in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Focusing on films from four countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Germany), students will analyse how filmmakers interpreted the changing economic, social and political conditions of the 1990s. The course will use films as a springboard to discuss the broader historical context of topics such as the rise of private enterprise, criminality, social inequalities, consumer culture and the gendered aspects of transformation.
Poslední úprava: Pehe Veronika (30.08.2024)
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Students will: - gain knowledge of the basic historical context of the postsocialist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe - acquire competencies for analysing visual media as a historical source - understand the impact of the privatization of postsocialist film industries on film production of the 1990s - practice close analysis of cinematic texts - idenitfy and analyse the protrayal of salient topics in relation to economic and political trasnformation in feature films - develop presentation skills - develop analytical writing skills Poslední úprava: Pehe Veronika (08.07.2024)
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Students are expected to attend classes. Participation in class discussions is mandatory. In-class presentation (15 minutes): 30%; essay (2500 words): 40%; participation in class: 30% Essay deadline – 13 January 2024 Poslední úprava: Pehe Veronika (30.08.2024)
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Updated for the Winter Semester 2024/2025. The syllabus can be downloaded as a separate file. Consultation hours: by appointment. Lecturer contact: pehe@usd.cas.cz Readings are available in Moodle 2. Poslední úprava: Pehe Veronika (19.09.2024)
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