The world and Czech film avant-garde, relations between cinema and literature

The course provides basic overview of the history of cinema from its origins until the late 1930s and 1940s. It focuses, among other things, on avant-garde trends in world film (French Impressionism, Surrealism, German Expressionism, Soviet Montage Theory, experimental or amateur film-making) and in Czech film. Especially in terms of Czech avant-garde, particular consideration will be given to the relations between modernist literature and film (as a new artistic discipline) which can be found out in the thinking of art theorists (Karel Teige, Jan Kučera, Jan Mukařovský) or writers (Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek, Jiří Voskovec, Vítězslav Nezval, Vladislav Vančura), some of whom were active filmmakers or members of creative film groups. The structure of the seminar consists of an introduction, a projection of film samples or entire films and discussion. In addition, lessons will include the analysis of specific period theoretical, essayistic and literary texts relevant to the subject.

Each participant will receive an email 3-5 days before the start of the course with all important information.

The course provides basic overview of the history of cinema from its origins until the late 1930s and 1940s. It focuses, among other things, on avant-garde trends in world film (French Impressionism, Surrealism, German Expressionism, Soviet Montage Theory, experimental or amateur film-making) and in Czech film. Especially in terms of Czech avant-garde, particular consideration will be given to the relations between modernist literature and film (as a new artistic discipline) which can be found out in the thinking of art theorists (Karel Teige, Jan Kučera, Jan Mukařovský) or writers (Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek, Jiří Voskovec, Vítězslav Nezval, Vladislav Vančura), some of whom were active filmmakers or members of creative film groups. The structure of the seminar consists of an introduction, a projection of film samples or entire films and discussion. In addition, lessons will include the analysis of specific period theoretical, essayistic and literary texts relevant to the subject.

Mgr. Monika HOSNEDLOVÁ
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