FF:KSCA001 Introduction to Chin. Studies - Course Information
KSCA001 Introduction to Chinese Studies
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each odd Wednesday 14:00–15:40 D21, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- 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
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- One semester course. The course is an introduction to the study of Chinese language, culture, geography, etnography, society, and politics. The students gain knowledge of key facts of Chinese culture.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand and interpret basic realia necessary for culture oriented study of China
- actively apply Czech and English transcriptions;
- interpret the knowledge of basic realia of Chinese culture - Syllabus
- 1) China and Chinese - a basic introduction
- 2) Identity of China and Chinese culture - historical and cultural overview
- 3) China and the West, images of China in the West
- 4) Cultural Anthropology of China
- 5) The Communist Party of China, Chinese Marxism
- 6) Basic social and economic problems of Chinese society
- PLUS Films - films will be uploaded with background materials in IS Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
- Literature
- required literature
- HORÁLEK, Adam. Geografie Číny : učební materiál pro studenty sinologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013, 179 s. ISBN 9788024438399. info
- recommended literature
- Kdo byl kdo : čeští a slovenští orientalisté, afrikanisté a iberoamerikanisté (Variant.) : Čeští a slovenští orientalisté, afrikanisté a iberoamerikanisté. info
- čína 21. století
- HORÁLEK, Adam and Pavel PTÁČEK. Vybraná témata z geografie současné Číny (Selected topics from the geography of contemporary China). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 195 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6647-2. info
- LIŠČÁK, Vladimír. Čína. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 223 s. ISBN 8072771094. info
- EBERHARD, Wolfram. Lexikon čínských symbolů : obrázková řeč Číny. Translated by Eva Černá. Vyd. 1. Praha: Volvox Globator, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8072074016. info
- LIŠČÁK, Vladimír. Čína :dobrodružství hedvábné cesty : po stopách styků Východ - Západ. 1. vyd. Praha: Set out, 2000, 366 s., [8. ISBN 80-86277-11-9. info
- WILKINSON, Endymion Porter. Chinese history : a manual. Rev. and enl. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2000, xxiv, 1181. ISBN 0674002474. info
- Transkripce čínštiny. Edited by Hana Třísková. Praha: Česko-čínská společnost, 1999, xv, 104. ISBN 809025151X. info
- Transkripce čínštiny., Sborník statí. Edited by Hana Třísková. Praha: Česko-čínská společnost, 1999, xv, 104 s. ISBN 80-902515-2-8. info
- Transkripce čínštiny., Tabulky a návody. Edited by Hana Třísková. Prah: Česko-čínská společnost, 1999, ix, 133 s. ISBN 80-902515-3-6. info
- Teaching methods
- Course has a form of lectures.
- Assessment methods
- 1) 5 tests during the semester - altogether at least 50 %.
2) final written test, minimum 70 % - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Posluchači Čínských studií povinně ukončují zkouškou.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Posluchači Kulturních studií Číny povinně zapisují v 1. semestru studia.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo Čínská studia je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujících. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/course/view.php?id=7636
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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