The Holocaust In Czechoslovak And Czech Feature Films

Author : Sarka Sladovnikova
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9783838211961

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The Holocaust in Czechoslovak and Czech Feature Films by Sarka Sladovnikova Pdf

Šárka Sladovníková analyzes the depiction of the Holocaust in Czechoslovak and Czech Feature Films and the relevant literary pretexts. While she charts the social and cultural framework in which the films were made and how this framework changed, she also focuses on the cinematic language, the composition of and narration in each film (e.g., the depiction of the war and the Shoah as a narratively closed versus a narratively open event), genre aspects of the films (e.g., the use of comedy and humor), convention and innovation in presenting motifs and characters (the division of gender roles, the character of the “good German”). Particular attention is paid to the portrayal of stereotypes and countertypes in the films, where already well-known images, situations, and backdrops are repeated and which meet viewers’ expectations or, in contrast, which form countertypes and countersituations that go against the grain. Many of the films analyzed are adaptations of literary works. Therefore, this book is also a contribution to the rapidly developing field of adaptation studies.

Author : Šárka Sladovníková
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN : 3838271963

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The Holocaust in Czechoslovak and Czech Feature Films by Šárka Sladovníková Pdf

Author : Elisa-Maria Hiemer,Jiří Holý,Agata Firlej,Hana Nichtburgerová
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110667417

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Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction by Elisa-Maria Hiemer,Jiří Holý,Agata Firlej,Hana Nichtburgerová Pdf

The Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction aims to increase the visibility and show the versatility of works from East-Central European countries. It is the first encyclopedic work to bridge the gap between the literary production of countries that are considered to be main sites of the Holocaust and their recognition in international academic and public discourse. It contains over 100 entries offering not only facts about the content and motifs but also pointing out the characteristic fictional features of each work and its meaning for academic discourse and wider reception in the country of origin and abroad. The publication will appeal to the academic and broader public interested in the representation of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and World War II in literature and the arts. Besides prose, it also considers poetry and theatrical plays from 1943 through 2018. An introduction to the historical events and cultural developments in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czech, and Slovak Republic, and their impact on the artistic output helps to contextualise the motif changes and fictional strategies that authors have been applying for decades. The publication is the result of long-term scholarly cooperation of specialists from four countries and several dozen academic centres.

Author : Haim Fireberg,Olaf Glöckner,Marcela Menachem Zoufalá
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110582369

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Being Jewish in 21st Century Central Europe by Haim Fireberg,Olaf Glöckner,Marcela Menachem Zoufalá Pdf

Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.

Author : Samm Deighan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476643397

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The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema by Samm Deighan Pdf

World War II irrevocably shaped culture--and much of cinema--in the 20th century, thanks to its devastating, global impact that changed the way we think about and portray war. This book focuses on European war films made about the war between 1945 and 1985 in countries that were occupied or invaded by the Nazis, such as Poland, France, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany itself. Many of these films were banned, censored, or sharply criticized at the time of their release for the radical ways they reframed the war and rejected the mythologizing of war experience as a heroic battle between the forces of good and evil. The particular films examined, made by arthouse directors like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Larisa Shepitko, among many more, deviate from mainstream cinematic depictions of the war and instead present viewpoints and experiences of WWII which are often controversial or transgressive. They explore the often-complicated ways that participation in war and genocide shapes national identity and the ways that we think about bodies and sexuality, trauma, violence, power, justice, and personal responsibility--themes that continue to resonate throughout culture and global politics.

Author : Tomaš Sniegoň
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1782382941

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Vanished History by Tomaš Sniegoň Pdf

Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Not all Czechs, however, remained passive bystanders during the genocide. After the destruction of Czechoslovakia in 1938-39, Slovakia became a formally independent but fully subordinate satellite of Germany. Despite the fact it was not occupied until 1944, Slovakia paid Germany to deport its own Jewish citizens to extermination camps. About 270,000 out of the 360,000 Czech and Slovak casualties of World War II were victims of the Holocaust. Despite these statistics, the Holocaust vanished almost entirely from post-war Czechoslovak, and later Czech and Slovak, historical cultures. The communist dictatorship carried the main responsibility for this disappearance, yet the situation has not changed much since the fall of the communist regime. The main questions of this study are how and why the Holocaust was excluded from the Czech and Slovak history.

Author : Peter Hames
Publisher : Wallflower Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Czechoslovakia
ISBN : 1904764428

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The Czechoslovak New Wave by Peter Hames Pdf

This study of the most significant movement in post-war Central and East European cinema examines the origins and development of Czechoslovakian film during this time, as well as the political and cultural changes which influenced some of the most important works.

Author : Martina Napolitano
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783838216195

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Sasha Sokolov: The Life and Work of the Russian “Proet” by Martina Napolitano Pdf

Martina Napolitano explores the poetics of one of the most significant Russian authors of the 20th century. Sasha Sokolov’s oeuvre represents a milestone in the development of Russian literature; his legacy can be traced in most prose and poetry appearing in post-Soviet Russia. Taking as point of departure the studies and analyses written so far and considering the new suggestions contained in Sokolov’s last published book Triptych (2011), Napolitano further examines the keystones and the theoretical framework that arise from a close reading of Sokolov’s works, trying to systematize the findings into what can be considered as a structured authorial theory of literary creation. The study demonstrates how Sokolov’s oeuvre cannot be fully understood but within the widened perspective of inter-artistic creation: in fact, the writer, a “failed composer”, as he admits, in his literary work has tried to draw natural and spontaneous connecting lines between the artificially categorized realms of art (word, sound, painting, performance). Finally, the book sets forth the first solid analysis of Sokolov’s concept of proeziia, not merely a genre nor style of his own invention, but a more significant theoretical reflection of the writer about the role and value of literature, art, creation, and finally beauty.

Author : Stephanie Hemelryk Donald,Emma Wilson,Sarah Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501318597

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Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald,Emma Wilson,Sarah Wright Pdf

The child has existed in cinema since the Lumière Brothers filmed their babies having messy meals in Lyons, but it is only quite recently that scholars have paid serious attention to her/his presence on screen. Scholarly discussion is now of the highest quality and of interest to anyone concerned not only with the extent to which adult cultural conversations invoke the figure of the child, but also to those interested in exploring how film cultures can shift questions of agency and experience in relation to subjectivity. Childhood and Nation in World Cinema recognizes that the range of films and scholarship is now sufficiently extensive to invoke the world cinema mantra of pluri-vocal and pluri-central attention and interpretation. At the same time, the importance of the child in figuring ideas of nationhood is an undiminished tic in adult cultural and social consciousness. Either the child on film provokes claims on the nation or the nation claims the child. Given the waning star of national film studies, and the widely held and serious concerns over the status of the nation as a meaningful cultural unit, the point here is not to assume some extraordinary pre-social geopolitical empathy of child and political entity. Rather, the present collection observes how and why and whether the cinematic child is indeed aligned to concepts of modern nationhood, to concerns of the State, and to geo-political organizational themes and precepts.

Author : Peter Hames
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748629268

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Czech and Slovak Cinema by Peter Hames Pdf

This book is the first study in English to examine some of the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema, linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the post-Communist period. It examines links between theme, genre, and visual style, and looks at the ways in which a range of styles and traditions has extended across different historical periods and political regimes. Czech and Slovak Cinema provides a unique study of areas of Central European film history that have not previously been examined in English.

Author : Tomas Sniegon
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782382959

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Vanished History by Tomas Sniegon Pdf

Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Not all Czechs, however, remained passive bystanders during the genocide. After the destruction of Czechoslovakia in 1938-39, Slovakia became a formally independent but fully subordinate satellite of Germany. Despite the fact it was not occupied until 1944, Slovakia paid Germany to deport its own Jewish citizens to extermination camps. About 270,000 out of the 360,000 Czech and Slovak casualties of World War II were victims of the Holocaust. Despite these statistics, the Holocaust vanished almost entirely from post-war Czechoslovak, and later Czech and Slovak, historical cultures. The communist dictatorship carried the main responsibility for this disappearance, yet the situation has not changed much since the fall of the communist regime. The main questions of this study are how and why the Holocaust was excluded from the Czech and Slovak history.

Author : Marcelline Block
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781783201112

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World Film Locations: Prague by Marcelline Block Pdf

Prague, the 'Hollywood of the East', has played an important role in the history of cinema and World Film Locations: Prague traverses the city’s topography to examine an internationally diverse range of movies made in the Czech capital: landmark early films such as Ecstasy, controversial due to the female nudity that catapulted Hedy Lamarr into stardom in the United States; Steven Soderbergh’s biopic Kafka, starring Jeremy Irons; adaptations of Kafka’s literary works such as The Trial, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter and starring Anthony Hopkins; and action blockbusters like Mission Impossible, The Bourne Identity and Casino Royale. Exploring legendary Prague landmarks as they appear onscreen—including the Charles Bridge, Old Town, Malà Strana, Liechtenstein Palace, Wenceslas Square and Prague Castle – the book also discusses the intersection of the capital city and its cinematic representations; Prague and the Czech New Wave; the iconic Barrandov Studios; and the impact of political events such as the Prague Spring, the Soviet Invasion of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution on the city’s film industry. An invaluable resource for scholars, students and aficionados of film and cinematic psychogeography, this collection will be heralded by students of East European literary, cultural and sociopolitical history.

Author : Hana Kubátová,Jan Láníček
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004362444

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The Jew in Czech and Slovak Imagination, 1938-89 by Hana Kubátová,Jan Láníček Pdf

This volume analyses the image of ‘the Jew’ as it developed and transformed in both Czech and Slovak society under the nondemocratic regimes of the twentieth century. It is the first serious attempt to offer a comparative analysis of anti-Jewish prejudices in the Czech and Slovak mindset between 1938 and 1989.

Author : Peter Hames
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748686834

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Czech and Slovak Cinema by Peter Hames Pdf

Examines the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema, linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the post-Communist period.

Author : Richard Taylor,Nancy Wood,Julian Graffy,Dina Iordanova
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838718503

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The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema by Richard Taylor,Nancy Wood,Julian Graffy,Dina Iordanova Pdf

This work maps the rich, varied cinema of Eastern Europe, Russia and the former USSR. Over 200 entries cover a variety of topics spanning a century of endeavour and turbulent history from Czech animation to Soviet montage, from the silent cinemas dating back to World War I through to the varied responses to the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. It includes entries on actors and actresses, film festivals, studios, genres, directors, film movements, critics, producers and technicians, taking the coverage up to the late 1990s. In addition to the historical material of key figures like Eisenstein and Wadja, the editors provide separate accounts of the trajectory of the cinemas of Eastern Europe and of Russia in the wake of the collapse of communism.