FJI1A005X French History and Culture I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 9. 10. 10:00–11:35 G12, Fri 6. 11. 10:00–11:35 G12, Fri 4. 12. 10:00–11:35 G12
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
Course objectives
Student should be able to speak on any general issue from contemporary France and culture from the beginning of the 2nd world war to the present.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand and explain the most important notions from the contemporary France;
to recognize and explain the basic dates and names of french history and place them in french and european historical context
Student should be able also to read and understand a short document in french, to identify the author and the persons. He should be able also to say the importance of the document.
Syllabus
  • Survey of contemporary France. I. Introduction.
  • . II. Administration and the republic.
  • . III. Politics and Economy.
  • . IV. Society and immigration.
  • . V. Education and culture.
  • . VI. Political History of France from the beginning of the 2nd W W to the end of the 4th republic.
  • . VII. Political History of France from 1958 to the may 1968.
  • . VIII. Political History of France after de Gaulle's period.
  • . IX. Political History of France from the beginning of Giscard d'Estaing's period.
  • . X. IX. Political History of France from the beginning of Mitterrand's period.
  • . XI. Contemporary problems..
Literature
  • FRYČER, Jaroslav. Úvod do dějin a kultury Francie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1965, 128 s. info
  • KUDRNA, Jaroslav. Dějiny Francie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1988, 727 s. URL info
  • Poirrier, Philippe. Société et culture en France depuis 1945. Paris, Seuil, 1988.
  • A. Maurois, Dějiny Francie, Praha, Lid. noviny, 1994
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Exam: written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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