ZUR401 Introduction to the study of culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc. (lecturer), Mgr. Pavel Sedláček (deputy)
Mgr. Jan Miškov (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Sedláček (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 AVC
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course continues the lectures on The Introduction to Cultural Studies‘. It clarifies the basic principles and procedures that help understand, differentiate and analyze some cultural differences between cultural regions and individual cultures. At the end of the course students should be able to: differentiate the most wide-spread concepts, theories, and methods used in social sciences and humanities for analyses and interpretations of the human culture products (the knowledge is applied in the area of analysis and interpretation of specific cultural texts); master the communication-pragmatic approach to culture that makes the main theoretical and methodological base of cultural and media studies. They will understand culture as a changeable dynamic continuum that is – at the same time – a product, space, and presupposition for human communication.
Syllabus
  • Cultural and social anthropology.
  • Cardinal concepts, approaches and problems of scientific methodology.
  • Selected theoretical cultural concepts and methodological orientation of humanities and social sciences.
  • Communication and pragmatic turn in humanities and social sciences.
  • Human communicative behaviour.
  • Cardinal semiotic categories (signs, sign systems and codes).
  • Cardinal narratological categories.
  • Discourses and communication contexts.
  • Interpretation as a form of human communication.
  • Interpretation of literary work.
  • Interpretation of a work of fine art (caricature).
  • Communication strategies and manipulative media procedures.
  • Final evaluation of the course.
Literature
  • Fay, Brian (2002): Současná filosofie sociálních věd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Pavelka, Jiří (2004): Kultura, média a literatura. Brno: Středoevropské vydavatelství a nakladatelství Regiony.
  • Pavelka, Jiří (1998): Předpoklady literárního dorozumívání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homework
Assessment methods
three papers, writtten test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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