ZUR138 Introduction to the study of culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Bártek (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Miškov (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michaela Guldanová (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 11:30–13:00 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the basic information on culture as a product and on the grammar of culture as a presupposition of human communicative behaviour. At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze the context of cultural concepts and systemize the approaches to the history of culture. Next to it, they will be able to clarify categories as (human) culture, cultural area, sub-culture, contra-culture, development of culture, cultural epoch, human communication, communication presuppositions and competences, communication technologies, media and medial contents, structural principles of culture (centrism), art, cultural trend, style, cultural traditions, sub-culture, cultural standards and values, cultural and artistic types and genres (formats), myths, rituals, values, and concepts of the world. Further, they will be able to outline the criteria for periodization of cultural history. Overall, students will be able to understand that culture and its products form a text that can be read and understood if they know the ‘grammar’ of a culture and the ‘grammar’ of human communication.
Syllabus
  • Cultural concept in social and cultural anthropology and in the theory of mass communication. Cultural paradigms and history of culture.
  • Myths and rituals. Mythology and myths of the origin of the world. Art, traditions, artistic artefacts.
  • Constructional principles of culture and art (epochs, cultural trends and tendencies). Polar constructional principles of culture (art) and developmental dynamism.
  • Arts, traditions, artistic artefacts.
  • Social and cultural space-time, hierarchy of cultural areas. Sub-cultures and contra-cultures. 6th session: Culture of antiquity.
  • Medieval culture.
  • Renaissance culture. 9th session: Culture of Baroque, Classicism, Rococo and Enlightment. 10th session: Culture of Romanticism, National Revival, Modernism and Art Noveau.
  • Modernism and Avant-garde. Artistic trends. Artistic groups and manifest.
  • Post-Modernism.
  • Final evaluation of the course.
Literature
  • Debicki, Jacek - Favre, Jean-François - Grünewald, Dietrich - Pimentel, Antonio Filipe: Dějiny umění. Malířství. Sochařství. Architektura. Praha : Argo, 1998.
  • Gombrich, Ernst Hans: Příběh umění. Praha : Argo : Mladá fronta, 1995.
  • Pavelka, Jiří - Pospíšil, Ivo: Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno : Nakladatelství Georgetown, 1993.
  • Petráň, Josef, a kol.: Dějiny umělecké kultury II.1. Praha : Karolinum, 1995.
  • Soukup, Václav: Přehled antropologických teorií kultury. Praha : Portál, 2000.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homeworks, evaluation of projects
Assessment methods
four writtem work, paper, writtten test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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