CJCC08 Cultural-historical overview

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 D42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are:
- gaining an understanding of the historical and cultural development of the Czech lands and periodising it;
- clarification of the main characteristics of their cultural development;
- clarification of their present form from a political and cultural point of view;
- explanation of the historical and cultural development in a European context.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course students will:
- be familiar with the history of the Czech lands;
- understand the principles by which the main developmental stages were defined;
- understand the cultural development;
- recognise the specific features of contemporary Czech society;
- be able to characterize the particularities of Czech development and features which it shares with European development.
Syllabus
  • A concise historical-geographic introduction.
  • The Czech lands and their location. Bohemia and Moravia at the dawn of history. Traces of pre-historic cultures, Celts and Germanic peoples. Arrival of Slavs.
  • Beginning of Czech civilization. Great Moravia, Roman Bohemia.
  • Gothic Bohemia of the last Přemyslids and Luxemburgs.
  • The Hussite revolution and its place in Czech history.
  • Renaissance, humanism, Comenius and the Bohemian Brethren.
  • Baroque and its legacy. Changes in the Czech cultural landscape.
  • The national revival and formation of modern Czech culture in the 19th century.
  • The diversity of Czech culture in the First republic.
  • February 1948, Stalinism.
  • The 1960s, the year 1968. Normalisation and Czech culture.
Literature
    required literature
  • České a československé dějiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Fortuna, 1991, 119 s. ISBN 80-85298-29-5. info
    recommended literature
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. Česká moderní kultura. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 335 stran. ISBN 8020406743. info
  • SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura středověku. 2. pozměn. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 226 s. ISBN 8020005471. 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
    not specified
  • 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
  • ŠKARKA, Antonín. Půl tisíciletí českého písemnictví. Edited by Emanuel Macek - Pavel Spunar - Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1986, 502 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The seminar will use presentation, interpretation, analysis and comparison of the model of Czech history and culture with a model of the history and culture of students’ countries.
Assessment methods
To obtain a pass students have to pass a test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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