IJIB553 Selected Chapter from Italian History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Kulifaj (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 A49
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA008 Italian History and Culture II
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
The aim of the course, which follows Introduction to Italian history and culture II, is to acquaint students with the key events of 20th century Italian history. Special attention shall be devoted to the fascist dictatorship.
Syllabus
  • Themes: social unrests at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries; Giolitti's Italy; expansion of nationalism; WW I; onset of fascism; state policy of the fascist dictatorship; war of Abyssinia; the Rome-Berlin Axis creation and beginning of WW II; Italians in North Africa; surrender and beginning of Civil War; creeation of Italian Republic; Italy in the post-war period; year of "economic" miracle; policies of the 1960's, "anni di piombo" - ultraleft and ultraright terrorism; political and economic difficulties of the 1980's and 1990's.
Literature
  • ROSENDORFSKÝ, Jaroslav. Úvod do politických a kulturních dějin Itálie. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 227 s. ISBN 8021010614. info
  • PROCACCI, Giuliano. Dějiny Itálie : Storia degli italiani (Orig.). Translated by Drahoslava Janderová - Bohumír Klípa - Kateřina Vinšová. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 493 s. ISBN 80-7106-152-2. info
  • TARABA, Luboš. Duce :anatomie jedné kariéry. 1. vyd. Praha: Horizont, 1992, 215 s. ISBN 80-7012-058-4. info
  • Lamb, Richard. Válka v Itálii. Plzeň, mustang 1996.
  • RIDLEY, Jasper Godwin. Mussolini. Vyd. 1. Praha: Themis, 2002, 418 s. ISBN 80-7312-007-0. info
  • CIANO, Fabrizio. Můj dědeček Mussolini. Translated by Karina I. Havlů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Clarton, 1994. ISBN 80-901620-3-7. info
Assessment methods
Examination – written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nemohou zapisovat posluchači, kteří již absolvovali předmět IJIA012.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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