LMKA04 Czech culture and history

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislava Fedrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 B2.34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture presents the cultural and historical development of the Czech lands, seeking to capture the stimuli that were important for the formation of modern Czech culture. The lecture will define the main stages of development, present their historical characteristics, but also it will study their ideological image and development in various spheres of social life and art, also in contact with the European culture. The lecture focuses primarily on the literary development, reminding important movements, personalities and texts; but the attention will be also paid to stimuli from the field of visual arts, architecture, music, book arts etc., that participated in the formation of the Czech cultural heritage. The aim of this cycle is to present a clear picture of the wider Czech cultural and historical background as a source of the modern present; the lecture should thus serve as the universal basis for the following, specialized disciplines of the research programme.
After finishing the course the student will be able to:
- understand the historical development of the Czech lands;
- understand the main development trends in European context;
- understand the dynamics of their cultural development;
- include the acquired information into the cultural and social context;
- to understand the acquired knowledge in the related disciplines.
Syllabus
  • The term “culture” and its changes – classical heritage and Europe, second nature, culture industry
  • Culture according to cultural studies: culture as an all-encompassing phenomenon; the limitations of this approach
  • Culture and post-modernism: problematising aesthetic value, cultural logics of late capitalism
  • The politics of culture (discourse, hegemony, ideology)
  • Cultural politics (censorship, canon)
  • Authenticity in culture (counterculture, subcultures)
  • Cultural identity (national v. global culture), culture in public space
  • Popular culture and cultural hybridity (adaptation, comics, remake)
  • Haptics
  • Visuality
  • Medium and mediality of culture, new media, digitalization
  • Unconscious cultural content – potential to psychoanalyse culture (Slavoj Žižek)
Literature
  • ČORNEJ, Petr and Milena BARTLOVÁ. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2007, 839 s. ISBN 9788071858737. info
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. Česká moderní kultura. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 335 stran. ISBN 8020406743. info
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. Česká moderní kultura. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 335 stran. ISBN 8020406743. info
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Zdeněk Kudělka, Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 739 s. ISBN 8020005404. info
  • ČORNEJ, Petr. Dějiny evropské civilizace. 1. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 1995, 372 s. ISBN 8071850128. info
  • MACURA, Vladimír. Znamení zrodu :české národní obrození jako kulturní typ. 2., rozšíř. vyd., v H&H 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 264 s., [8. ISBN 80-85787-74-1. info
  • Čechy a Evropa v kultuře 19. století. Edited by Petr Čornej - Roman Prahl. Praha: Národní galerie v Praze, 1993, 172 s. ISBN 8010350504. info
  • HLOBIL, Ivo and Eduard PETRŮ. Humanismus a raná renesance na Moravě. Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 274 s. ISBN 8020003851. info
  • SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura českého středověku. Photo by Antonín Bláha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1987, 557 s. : i. info
  • PREISS, Pavel. Panoráma manýrismu : kapitoly o umění a kultuře 16. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1974, 397 s. URL info
  • NEUMANN, Jaromír. Český barok. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1969, 236 s. info
  • LAMAČ, Miroslav. Myšlenky moderních malířů. 3., v NČVU 1, vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1968. info
  • KALISTA, Zdeněk. České baroko : studie, texty, poznámky. V Praze: Evropský literární klub, 1941, 351 s. URL info
  • KALISTA, Zdeněk. Doba Karla IV. Praha: Václav Petr, 1939, 31 s. info
Teaching methods
The lecture uses mainly the method of presentation, analysis and application of theoretical knowledge during instructive interpretations.
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Kurz je zakončen zkouškou (platí pro studenty Literatury a mezikulturní komunikace) nebo písemným kolokviem (platí pro všechny ostatní studenty).
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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