ESA915 European Culture Studies: Europe and Revolutions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 C33
Prerequisites
The course is opened as optional to the wide range of students in humanities without special requirements.
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
Course deals with divers topics from European culture, art, and history with a special regard to cross-influences, contextuality and interpenetrations of the cultural, social and national identities.
Learning outcomes
A student will learn from the European cultural tradition a several themes and motifs (authors, institutions, myths, philosophy, religion).
Syllabus
  • Teaching lessons and film-projections concerning divers topis of European culture
  • The French Revolution and its Impact on European Culture
  • XXth century revolutions and art
  • Age of Extreemes, The Lost of the Middle
  • Hobsbawm, Arendt, Sedlmayr
  • Reflexion of the Age of Revolutions in the European Literature
  • Europe, Totalitarian States and their Aesthetic Doctrines
  • Sources of the Modern Europe, its Art and Culture
Literature
  • Zrození moderní doby : devatenácté století. Edited by Paul Johnson. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 869 s. ISBN 802000694X. info
  • DAWSON, Christopher. Bohové revoluce. Translated by Miroslav Kratochvíl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 167 s. ISBN 8070211717. info
  • DAWSON, Christopher. Porozumět Evropě. Translated by Miroslav Kratochvíl. 1. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1995, 234 s. ISBN 80-7113-138-5. info
  • GUARDINI, Romano. Konec novověku : pokus o orientaci. Translated by Otakar Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1992, 95 s. ISBN 8070210559. info
  • BENJAMIN, Walter. Dílo a jeho zdroj. Translated by Věra Saudková. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 428 stran. URL info
  • GASSET, José Ortega Y. The revolt of the masses. 25th anniversary ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1960, 190 s. ISBN 0-393-05241-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, film projections
Assessment methods
written test (Feyerabend: Věda jako umění)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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