Books by Alexander Fedorov

The actuality of this book is determined by the urgent necessity of the comprehension of the modern situation in Russian media education, the realization of the theoretically and methodically grounded system of the media education, promotes the forming of the students' media acknowledgement and individual critical and creative thinking. As for future teachers, this system also prepares it for the conduct of the media education lessons, special courses in the schools, lyceums, colleges, culture centers. This book will be useful for media educators, scholars, university students, teachers.

The chapters on the history of Russian cinema combined with the portraits of Russian film directors (Nikina Mikhalkov, Karen Shakhnazarov, Pyotr Todorovsky), with a detailed analysis of specific films of different times, topics and genres. The book also addresses the problem of popular screen culture: why, in fact, many (though not all) of entertainment media texts have such a tremendous success with the audience? Meybe because their authors are responsible for real, worthy of respect and learning needs of the public, first of all - the youth? Much of the book is devoted to the activities of the youth film club, a description of the typology of students and pupils¿ film perception. This is the book for students of humanitarian faculties, teachers, university professors, a broad audience interested in the past and the present Russian cinema.