DEkDD2 History of historiography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.7. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Vaculík, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Vaculík, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Kamil Štěpánek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 14. 2. 8:00–17:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Fri 21. 2. 8:00–17:50 kancelář vyučujícího
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to explain the history of historiografy since the Elightenment till the present, i. e. in the 19th and 20th centuries. It put historiography into wider political, cultural and epistemological contexts. • One of the most important objections of this course is to bring the students to the knowlege that historiography is not only a scientific discipline, but also a kind of human intellectual activity, a way how to understand world.
Learning outcomes
The student is able to explain the basic overview of the history of world and Czech historiography from the Enlightenment to the present.
Syllabus
  • 1. Enlightenment • 2. 1st half of the 19th century, romanticism • 3. 2nd half of 19th century, positivism • 4. Historiography of the Fin de siecle • 5. 1st half of the 20th century, the Annales School • 5. 2nd half of the 20th century, postmodern historiography
Literature
  • KUTNAR, František a Jaroslav MAREK. Přehledné dějiny českého a slovenského dějepisectví :od počátků národní kultury až do sklonku třicátých let 20. století. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997. 1065 s. ISBN 80-7106-252-9.
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. Jaroslav Goll. 1991. 274 s.
  • BLACKLEDGE, P.: Reflections on the Marxist theory of history. Manchester - New York 2006.
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. O historismu a dějepisectví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992. 254 s. ISBN 8020002847.
  • VANSINA, J.: Oral Traditions as History. Madison 1985.
  • GEYL, P.: From Ranke to Toynbee. Norhampton 1952.
  • ŠTAIF, Jiří. Historici, dějiny a společnost :historiografie v českých zemích od Palackého a jeho předchůdců po Gollovu školu, 1790-1900. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 1997. s. 211-392. ISBN 80-85899-29-9.
  • IGGERS, Georg G. Dějepisectví ve 20. století. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2002. 178 s. ISBN 80-7106-504-8.
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
exam, write test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20k.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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