KSCA012 History of China I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Hrubý, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Friday 12:30–15:45 U25
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
At the end of the course students should be able to:

understand basic facts of Chinese history;
understand essential concepts of Chinese historiography;
understand the importance of Chinese history for contemporary problems
Syllabus
  • 1) introduction, prehistory and neolithic cultures
  • 2) Shang and Zhou dynasties up to the Chunqiu Period
  • 3) The Warring States Period and Qin Dynasty
  • 4) Han Dynasty
  • 5) disunion period
  • 6) Sui and Tang Dynasties I
  • 7) Sui and Tang Dynasties II
  • 8) Five Dynasties and the rise of the Song
  • 9) Song Dynasty and Mongol expansion
  • 10) Yuan Dynasty and early Ming
  • 11) Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Manchus
  • 12) The High Qing Period up to 1800
Literature
    required literature
  • BROOK, Timothy. The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010, 329 s. ISBN 9780674046023. info
  • LEWIS, Mark Edward. China's cosmopolitan empire : the Tang dynasty. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009, 356 s. ISBN 9780674033061. info
  • KUHN, Dieter. The age of Confucian rule : the song transformation of China. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009, 356 s. ISBN 9780674031463. info
  • LEWIS, Mark Edward. The early Chinese empires : Qin and Han. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007, 321 s. ISBN 9780674057340. info
  • Chinese literature : overview and bibliography. Edited by James L. Claren. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2002, 239 s. ISBN 1590332881. info
  • FAIRBANK, John King. Dějiny Číny. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 656 s. ISBN 80-7106-249-9. info
    recommended literature
  • China between empiresthe northern and southern dynasties. Edited by Mark Edward Lewis. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009, 340 p. ISBN 0674026055. info
  • CHANG, Kwang-chih and Pingchang XU. The formation of Chinese civilization : an archaeological perspective. Edited by Liancheng Lu - Peter J. Ucko - Sarah Allan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005, xiv, 363. ISBN 0300093829. info
    not specified
  • MALINA, Jaroslav. První císař: Tvůrce Číny a osmého divu světa (The First Emperor: Creator of China and of the World’s Eighth Wonder). 2. přepracované vydání. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, 295 pp. bez edice. ISBN 80-7204-298-X. info
  • MALINA, Jaroslav. První císař: Tvůrce Číny a osmého divu světa, First emperor: Founder of China and of eight world wonder. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1994, 333 pp. ISBN 80-85834-12-X. info
  • POKORA, Timoteus. Čchin Š'chuang-ti. 1. vyd. V Praze: Orbis, 1967, 218 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written test consisting of ca 20 multiple-choice and other questions, minimum pass level 60 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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