ETBB70 Chapters from rural historiography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Wednesday 14:10–15:45 J31
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
When graduating from the cycle of lectures the students will be able to describe the history of the Czech rural historiography. They will be able to distinguish individual methodological approaches to the rural history and will be able to take a critical view.
Syllabus
  • The cycle of lectures will focus on the key historiographical discussions connected with the research into the Czech country. Historians and their work constructing the image of the Czech rural life will play the main role.
  • Beginnings of historiographical interest in the country
  • Discussion on “nedíl” (Kadlec, Peisker, Pekař)
  • Josef Kalousek and interest in legal history of the country
  • Josef Pekař and interest in the economic history of the country
  • Lubor Niederle
  • First magazines dedicated to rural history: “Selský archiv” and “Agrární archiv” (Prasek, Kazimour, Černý)
  • Kamil Krofta and "Dějiny selského lidu"
  • František Kutnar and functional structuralism
  • František Graus, Marxist historiography and rural history
  • Research of estate in connection to rural history (Matějek, Míka, Válka, Petráň)
  • Historical demography (Maur, Horská, Horský)
  • Historical semantics (Macek)
  • Agrarian historiography (Křivka, Tlapák)
  • Contemporary research – micro-history, historical anthropology
Literature
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Holý - Václav Hubing. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, 284 stran. ISBN 9788020414502. info
  • KUTNAR, František and 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. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2018.
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