HIB021n Gustáv Husák in the Context of Slovak and Czechoslovak History of the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Doskočil, Ph. D (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeněk Doskočil, Ph. D
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:00–17:40 K21, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to analyse and interpret more than fifty years of political and public activity of Gustáv Husák in the context of modern history of Slovakia and Czechoslovakia. Through a biographical profile of this personality, the lecture aims to contribute to a closer understanding of selected problems of (Czech)Slovak history in the years 1918-1989, with an emphasis on the development of the communist movement in Slovakia and the issue of Czech-Slovak relations.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
classify the personality of G. Husák in the context of Slovak and Czechoslovak history; describe the development of Czech-Slovak relations; describe the development of the Slovak communist movement, describe the course and causes of political processes in Slovakia; define the concept of bourgeois nationalism; characterize the Slovak national emancipation movement of the 1960s.
Syllabus
  • The lecture presents the political and public activities of Gustáv Husák from the 1930s to the 1980s. It focuses particularly on the 1960s, when Husák slowly returned to political life after his release from prison, and the subsequent period of normalisation, when he held the office of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and later President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The course will present not only Husák's multifaceted political and journalistic activities, but also a psychological portrait of this controversial personality. Husák's fate will be set in the context of selected problems of Slovak and Czechoslovak history in the years 1918-1989 (the vicissitudes of Czech-Slovak relations, the development of the Slovak communist movement, Slovak Marxist intellectuals and their role in the politics of the Communist Party of the Czechoslovak Republic, anti-fascist resistance in Slovakia, the issue of so-called Slovak bourgeois nationalism and related political processes, the Slovak national emancipation movement of the 1960s, etc.).
Literature
  • ČERNÁK, Tomáš – SYRNÝ, Marek: Husák. Vrcholy a pády 1945–1951. Bratislava: Marenčin PT, 2018
  • MACHÁČEK, Michal. Gustáv Husák. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2017, 631 stran. ISBN 9788074293887. info
  • ČERNÁK, Tomáš and Martin MOCKO. Husák v odboji a SNP 1938-1944. Prvé vydanie. Bratislava: Marenčin PT, 2016, 348 stran. ISBN 9788081146534. info
  • ČERNÁK, Tomáš. Husák : mladé roky Gustáva Husáka (1913-1939). 1. vydanie. Bratislava: Marenčin PT, 2015, 252 stran. ISBN 9788081145254. info
  • DOSKOČIL, Zdeněk. Duben 1969 : anatomie jednoho mocenského zvratu. Brno: Doplněk, 2006, 412 stran. ISBN 8072850806. info
  • HUSÁK, Gustáv. Svedectvo o Slovenskom národnom povstaní. 4. vyd. Bratislava: Pravda, 1975, 683 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
A colloquium based on a submitted text reflecting selected aspects of Husák's public activities or some problems in the history of the communist movement or Czech-Slovak relations related to his person. 6-8 nms.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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