17597 A 5 TWTh 1230-120 MEB 237 CHOJNOWSKI,PRZEMYSLAW Open 11/ 25
M 1230-220 SMI M261 CHOJNOWSKI,PRZEMYSLAW
THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO
POLISH LITERATURE AND FILM,
THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF
CINEMATIC ADAPTATIONS OF
IMPORTANT POLISH LITERARY WORKS.
STUDENTS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR
WITH REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF
POLISH LITERATURE WHOSE STORY
LINES REFER TO POLISH HISTORICAL
AND POLITICAL REALITY. THE COURSE
WILL INTRODUCE THE POLISH FILM
SCHOOL WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON
LITERARY ADAPTATIONS BY DIRECTOR
ANDRZEJ WAJDA. WE WILL FOCUS
ON ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS AND
POSSIBILITIES OF BOTH ARTS AND
CONSIDER LITERARY AND HISTORICAL
CONTEXTS OF A GIVEN WORK, AND
THE WAYS IN WHICH THE MOVIES
ADAPTED, SHORTENED OR IGNORED
ELEMENTS OF THE WRITTEN TEXT.
FILM VIEWING WILL BE PRECEDED
BY THOROUGH PREPARATION BY
READING SHORT STORIES, DRAMAS OR
NOVELS ON WHICH THE MOVIES ARE
BASED.
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