Conflict, Identity, and Politics - Israel through Film and the Arts - JTB345

• Title: Conflict, Identity, and Politics - Israel through Film and the Arts
• Czech title: Konflikt, identita a politika: Izrael ve filmu a umění
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 25 / unknown (25)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Dr. Irena Kalhousová; Adam Coman, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Adam Coman, Ph.D.; Dr. Irena Kalhousová

Annotation

Last update: Adam Coman, Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

The course examines Israeli society, politics, and culture using film and the arts. Through selected films, music, literature, and visual arts, students will critically analyze the history of the Israel’s political and social clashes and how they manifest in everyday life; how different groups, including Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews, Palestinians, and other minorities, portray their history and consider their social position in the various mediums; the role different arts fill in these social clashes, and how technological developments have influenced the evolution of their respective narratives.
Students will learn about the development of Israeli arts: their origins in European culture and mentalities; their development through the interaction of artists and intellectuals with the Israeli/Palestinian landscape, culture, and heritage; the division of homogeneous culture into separate and often conflicting currents, and their rivalry over recognition and resources.

Aim of the course

Last update: Adam Coman, Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

After attending the course, students will, hopefully, master these skills:

⋅          Understand the development of the different currents of Israeli culture and the arts.

⋅          Recognize how different art forms, genres and styles reflect various social, political, and cultural groups.

⋅          Develop abilities to recognize the use and abuse of local stereotypes in Israeli movies and the arts.

⋅          Understand the cultural clashes in Israel and their artistic reflections.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Adam Coman, Ph.D. (31.01.2024)

The course is based on lectures and discussions. Students are expected to read the relevant materials before class in order to participate intelligently in debates and discussions.

1.       Active Participation (15%)

2.       Quiz focused on the understanding of the assigned reading (30%)

3.       Final paper (45%)

4.       Attendance (10%)

Literature

Last update: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (07.02.2024)

Will be introduced in class.

Teaching methods

Last update: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (07.02.2024)

Teaching in-person.