Antiquity in cinema

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Course aims:

- to gain knowledge of origins and development ancient themes in the history of film,

- to gain knowledge of political and social influences on the movies using antiquity as their main subject,

- to develop the ability of interpretation of the most important movies based on ancient literature and history,

- to develop research skills in the field of diverse levels of intertextual relationships: persons, genres, motifs, and selected problems.

General familiarity with antiquity.

Lecture with a multimedia presentation, interactive lecture, discussions, sound and/or video demonstration.

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Course learning content:

- spectrum of films about antiquity in the over 100 year old history of cinema - from silent film to the new millennium,

- Homer's visions in movies,

- Greek tragedy on the silver screen,

- antiquity as a funny thing,

- screen adaptations of novels about antiquity,

- latin in the cinema.

Translations of ancient texts and moves selected by the teaching staff.

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

- describe the relations between the antiquity and the art of film,

- define the role of movies about antiquity in social and political life,

- see and evaluate the rules and principles applied in movies about antiquity,

- see and evaluate the evolution of concepts, attitudes and emotions of movies against the background of their times,

- account for the contribution of ancient literature and culture into the formation and development of modern culture.

Grade system:

vert good (bdb; 5,0): very good knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships between ancient literature and movies; ability to provide examples; very high skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; very good knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, except for minor inefficiencies and inaccuracies.

good (db; 4,0): good knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships between ancient literature and movies; ability to provide examples; rather high skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; good knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships between ancient literature and movies; ability to provide examples; satisfactory skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; satisfactory knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): basic knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships between ancient literature and movies; ability to provide examples; basic skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; basic knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): unsatisfactory knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships between ancient literature and movies; unsatisfactory skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; unsatisfactory knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.