Contemporary Cinema Field of study: Cultural Studies
Programme code: W1-N1KU19.2023

Module name: Contemporary Cinema
Module code: W1-KU-N1-KW04
Programme code: W1-N1KU19.2023
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
Language of instruction: depending on the choice
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to present selected issues of the history of popular film after 1980. During the course, students will become acquainted with selected phenomena, trends, authors and genres of world cinema at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is aware of his/her responsibility for the preservation of the artistic heritage of cinema at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries [K_01]
 W1-K01SN_K02 [5/5]
is able to identify and distinguish the basic expressive devices of post-1980 film language [U_01]
 W1-K01SN_U05 [5/5]
is able to define and explain key film historical concepts, is able to indicate the most important factors influencing the development of film art after 1980 [W_01]
 W1-K01SN_W02 [5/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
discussion classes [W1-KU-K] 20 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Video show [c02]  		exam K_01 U_01
lecture [W1-KU-W] 10 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01]  exam W_01
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
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Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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