Course: History and Film 1

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Course title History and Film 1
Course code KCD/HAF1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
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)
  • Parma Tomáš, doc. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
  • Somer Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course begins on the 30th September 2026. The course takes place in the classroom U11 of Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology (Univerzitní 22) in the time from 5:30 pm till 8:00 pm (17:30-20:00). Topic of this semester: Monarchy in History and Film.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course familiarises a student with the perception of history through a film that is the most powerful factor in the creation of the historical public awareness. Topic for this semester: Monarchy in History and Film. The course begins on the 30th September 2026. The course takes place in the classroom U11 of Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology (Univerzitní 22) in the time from 5:30 pm till 8:00 pm (17:30-20:00).
A student will be acguainted with the historical context of a film and historical events so that he will realise a significant role of the interpretation that forms the historical awareness. HF
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge of history. English language.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Didactic Test, Dialog, Seminar Work

Active preparation for individual lectures, presence, written essay in the extent of 3-5 pages (1 page = 1.800 characters including spaces). The topic of the essay is one of the projected films chosen by student, the text is to submit via MOODLE until the end of January 2027.
Recommended literature
  • Aberth John. (2003). A knight at the movies : medieval history on film. New York.
  • Bartlová Milena. (2003). Pop history. O historické věrohodnosti románů, filmů, komiksů a počítačových her. Praha.
  • Bimbenet Jerome. Quand la cinéaste d'Hitler fascinait la France: Leni Riefenstahl. 2006.
  • Blažejovský, J. (2007). Spiritualita ve filmu. Brno.
  • Blažek, P., & Kopal, P. (2005). Film a dějiny. Praha.
  • DE BAECQUE ANTOINE. Histoire et cinéma. Paris.
  • Doležalová, E., & Šimůnek, R. (2007). Od knížat ke králům: sborník u příležitosti 60. narozenin Josefa Žemličky. Praha.
  • Ferenčuhová, M. Historici a film, filmári a história. Hranice a prieniky dvoch disciplín.
  • Ferro Marc. (1977). Cinéma et historie. Le cinéma, agent et source de l´histoire. Paris.
  • FERRO MARC (red.). Film et histoire. Paris.
  • Fuhrmann, H. (1990). Guida al Medioevo. Roma-Bari.
  • Fuhrmann Horst. (2006). Středověk je kolem nás. Jinočany.
  • Guardini, R. (1992). Konec novověku: pokus o orientaci. Praha.
  • Kalin, J., & Knápková, M. (2007). Ingmar Bergman a jeho filmy. Praha.
  • Kantorowicz Ernest H. (2014). Dvě těla krále : studie z dějin středověké politické teologie. Praha.
  • Kepartová Jana (ed.). (2006). Antika? Zajděte do kina, přečtěte si román... Praha.
  • Kopal Petr. (2009). Film a dějiny. 2, Adolf Hitler a ti druzí. Praha.
  • MARIE VINCENT ? LUCAS NICOLE. Innover en classe: cinéma, Histoire et représentations. Paris.
  • Monaco, J., Lindroth, D., & Liška, T. (2004). Jak číst film: svět filmů, médií a multimédií : umění, technologie, jazyk, dějiny, teorie. Praha.
  • Rosenstone, R. A. (2006). History on film, film on history. Harlow.
  • Rosenstone Robert A. - Parvulescu Constantin. (2013). A companion to the historical film. Chichester.
  • ROSENSTONE ROBERT A. (1998). History in Images/History in Words. Reflections on the Possibility of Really Putting History onto Film. The American Historical Review 5.
  • Rosenstone Robert A. (2003). Visions of the Past. The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History. Cambridge (Mass.).
  • Schneider, S. J., & Šenkyřík, L. (2007). 1001 filmů, které musíte vidět, než umřete. Praha.
  • Thompson, K., Bordwell, D., & Bendová, H. (2007). Dějiny filmu: přehled světové kinematografie. Praha.
  • Töteberg Michael. (2006). Lexikon světového filmu. Praha.
  • Vávra, O., Bregant, M., Menzel, J., & Kyndrová, D. (1996). Podivný život režiséra: obrazy vzpomínek. Praha.
  • Vávra, O. (1982). Zamyšlení režiséra. Praha.


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