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POLISH CULTURE THROUGH FILM SLAV 1250 Syllabus and Student Information Fall Semester 2015 Department of Slavic Studies Brown University 113 Marston Hall, 20 Manning Walk, Box E, (401) 863-2689 Providence, RI 02912 http://www.brown.edu/academics/slavic-studies/ POLISH CULTURE THROUGH FILM SLAV 1250 Syllabus and Student Information Fall Semester 2015 Classroom meeting location and time: Marston Hall B-1 Thursday 4:00pm-7:00pm Instructor: Maggie Harrison, Ph.D. (Visiting Lecturer) Email: [email protected] Office number: Marston Hall 204 Phone: (401) 863-3972 Office hours: M 12:00pm -1:00pm, R 2:00pm-3:00pm and by appointment DESCRIPTION OF COURSE CONTENT This course uses Polish film and media to introduce cultural issues central to the Polish nationality and identity. It is a survey of Polish cinema from before World War II to the present, in which cultural and socio-historical contexts as part of Polish and European traditions are shown and examined through the lens of the camera. The main objective of the course is to provide students with deeper knowledge of and insight into the sociological and cultural issues of Polish society, as well as their complex and multifaceted nature. The selection of films chosen for the course includes the works of many of the best-known and most influential Polish directors such as Roman Polański, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Agnieszka Holland, as well as some less known outside of Poland such as Krzysztof Zanussi, Jerzy Skolimowski, Dorota Kędzierzawska, and Magdalena Piskorz. The course will consist of seminars, film screenings, and class discussions. Seminars will be conducted in English and all films will have English subtitles. The viewings will be accompanied by additional texts on Polish culture and history. 2 COURSE RATIONALE The course presumes neither the knowledge of Polish nor a background in Film Studies and can be treated as an elective or counted towards courses for Slavic Studies concentration. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completing the course, students will have gained essential knowledge of various aspects of Polish culture and become familiar with some of its principal historical and contemporary elements. The course also aims to aid students in development of self-awareness within their own cultural milieu as well as in building cross-cultural awareness in its broader sense. EVALUATION CRITERIA Attendance and participation are mandatory and form a substantial part of the final grade. Grades are apportioned as follows: Class Participation (attendance, preparation [familiarity with the assigned readings], active participation) 30% Film Response/Reflection Papers (1-2 paragraphs for each film) 40% Final Paper/Project (8-10 pages) 30% DESCRIPTIONS OF MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS • Students are expected to attend seminars when the films will be shown and discussed, to read the assigned texts and to propose discussion questions based on these readings. • Written assignments will consist of response/reflection papers based on each student’s learning process, his/her personal experiences of and encounters with Polish culture through the medium of film. • Each student will write a final research paper the topic of which must be closely tied in with the course content covered throughout the semester. EXPECTATIONS FOR OUT-OF-CLASS STUDY Beyond the time required to attend each class meeting, students enrolled in this course should expect to spend at least an additional 4 – 5 hours per week of their own time in course-related activities such as reading required materials, completing assignments, researching topics for presentation and final paper. COURSE OVERVIEW TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE NB: As the instructor for this course, I reserve the right to adjust this schedule in any way that serves the educational needs of the students enrolled in the course. – M. Harrison 3 CLASS/ WEEK DATE LEARNING OBJECTIVES FILM & READINGS 1-2/3 SEP. 24 Introduction to the course: FILM: syllabus, objectives of the Fragments of various Polish Films (1900s – 1930s) course, course materials (mandatory and ancillary readings), online resources and coursework requirements (participation, assignments, class discussions), OBJECTIVES: Developing familiarity with Polish Cinema and its basic history as well as Poland – its geography, historical origins of the nation, the language (origins, history, grammar, dialects, linguistic influences) Film screening FILM: An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God Discussion of film & readings (Stara baśń: Kiedy słońce było bogiem) [director: Jerzy Hoffman, 2003] OBJECTIVES: REQUIRED READINGS: Investigating historical and Dyczewski, L. (2002). Values and Polish Cultural Identity. In L. cultural topics presented in Dyczewski (Ed.) Values in the Polish Cultural Tradition. Polish the film Philosophical Studies, III. Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. Understanding culture & (Ch. 1, pp. 1-43) defining cultural stereotypes; Kolek, L. S. (1997). Polish Culture – An Historical Introduction. Lublin, Discussing demographics – Poland: Marie Curie-Skłodowska University Press. [Ch. 1- ethnic structure, diachronic in Before the Conversion to Christianity, pp. 13-26] demographic composition Radzilowski, J. (2004). A Traveller’s History of Poland. Northampton, MA: Understanding Polish history Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. [Ch. 1 – Early Poland, Origins and culture in the 10th to the to 1138 – pp. 6-32; Ch. 2 – From Fragmentation to Rebirth – 15th century period (overview 1138-1333 – pp. 33-50; Ch. 3 – From Wood to Stone, 1333-1466 of the main events; changing – pp. 51-74] borders of the country) Triandis, H. C. (2001). Individualism and Collectivism: Past, Present, and Future. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), The Handbook of Culture and Psychology. Oxford: University Press. p. 35-50. Whitaker, A. (2012). Speak the Culture: Poland. London, England: Thorogood Publishing Ltd. [Ch.1 – Identity – pp. 5-37; Ch. 2 – Cinema and Fashion – pp. 145-163] RECOMMENDED READINGS: Kolek, L. S. (1997). Polish Culture – An Historical Introduction. Lublin, Poland: Marie Curie-Skłodowska University Press. [Ch. 2 – The Medieval Foundations: Poland in the Early Middle Ages [10th-13th centuries] – pp. 27-46; Ch. 3 – From Consolidation to Maturity: Poland in the Late Middle Ages [14th- 15th centuries] – pp. 47-68] Whittaker, A. (2012). Speak the Culture: Poland. London, England: Thorogood Publishing Ltd. (Entire Book) Zamoyski, A. (2009). Poland: A History. London: Harper Press. (Entire Book) 4 3/4 OCT. 1 Film screening FILM: With Fire and Sword Discussion of film & readings (Ogniem i mieczem) [director: Jerzy Hoffman, 1999] OBJECTIVES: REQUIRED READINGS: Investigating Polish history in Hauser, E. (2000). Reconstruction of National Identity: Poles and the 15th-18th century period Ukrainians Among Others in Jerzy Hoffman’s Film “With Fire and the influence of politics on and Sword.” The Polish Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 305-317. culture Kolek, L. S. (1997). Polish Culture – An Historical Introduction. Lublin, Poland: Marie Curie-Skłodowska University Press. Ch. 5 (Pitfalls of Isolationism)(pgs. 97-105) [On Sarmatianism] Radzilowski, J. (2004). A Travellers’ History of Poland. Northampton, MA: Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. [Ch. 4 – The Golden Age, 1466- 1576 – pp. 75-95; Ch. 5 – The Silver Age and the End of the Commonwealth, 1576-1795 – pp. 96-136] Tarnavsky, Y. (2000). With Camera and Actors: Reflections of a Ukrainian on Jerzy Hoffman’s “With Fire and Sword.” The Polish Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 321-324. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Zamoyski, A. (2009). Poland: A History. London: Harper Press. Ch. 9 (A Biblical Flood): 136-151. 4/5 OCT. 8 Film screening FILM: Sir Thaddeus of the Last Lithuanian Foray Discussion of film & readings (Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni Zajazd na Litwie) [director: Andrzej Wajda, 1999] OBJECTIVES: REQUIRED READINGS: Learning about the survival of the Polish nation and Davies, N. (2005). God’s Playground, vol. 2, Ch. 2, "Rossiya: The Russian preservation of culture in the Partition (1772-1918)", pp. 81-111. 18th-19th centuries – the times of Partitions of Poland; culture Mazierska, E. (2001). In the Land of Noble Knights and Mute Princesses: and language without a Polish heritage cinema. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and political state Television, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2001: 167-182. Understanding the underlying Radzilowski, J. (2004). A Travellers’ History of Poland. Northampton, MA: causes of Polish Diaspora Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. [Ch. 6 – The Long Nineteenth Century, 1796-1914 – pp. 137-159] RECOMMENDED READINGS: Mazierska, E. (2007). Polish Postcommunism Cinema. New York: Peter Lang. (Part 2. Ch. 3. Heritage Cinema – pp. 63-89) Zamoyski, A. (2009). Poland: A History. London: Harper Press. Ch. 14 (Armed Struggle): 218-231. 5 5/6 OCT. 15 Film screening FILM: The Promised Land Discussion of film & readings (Ziemia Obiecana) [director: Andrzej Wajda, 1974] OBJECTIVES: REQUIRED READINGS: Understanding the implication Bechtel, D. (2006). Urbanization, Capitalism, and Cosmopolitanism: of the Industrial era on the Four Novels and a Film on Jews in the Polish City of Łódź. Polish land under Partitions. Prooftexts 26 (2006): 79-106. (Read: pp. 79-93) Filipowicz, H. (2006). The Wound of History: Gender Studies and Polish Particulars. In H. Gościło & B. Holmgren (Eds.) Poles Apart. Women in Modern Polish Culture. Bloomington, IN: Slavica. (pp. 147-167) Popławska, I. & Muthesius, S. (1986). Poland's Manchester: 19th- Century Industrial and Domestic Architecture in Łódź. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Jun., 1986),
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