Film, Theater and Culture of Poland

Catalog description

This course explores Polish twentieth-century culture with a special stress on literature, theatre, film, visual arts, and architecture. After the examining of the romantic roots of Polish twentieth-century culture through the works of two famous Polish poets, Mickiewicz and Krasinski, the course will explore the works of representative Polish modernist and avant-garde artists such as Przybyszewski, Wyspianski, Witkacy, Schulz, or Gombrowicz. The third part of the course is devoted to the Polish contemporary theatre and film, including the workshops of the two legendary European theaters Cricoteka and Gardzienice, and films of the famous Polish Film School. In English. First year students require instructor permission.