LIKOT05 Theory of Culture Areas

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LIKOT01 Comparative Literature & Genre || FASDT01 Southeastern Europe || FASDT02 Central Europe || FASDT03 Eastern Europe
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
The doctoral student will acquire a more concrete idea of the content of area studies and of the world and European cultural areas (West Europe, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Central Europe, East Europe, the Mediterranean). He will have the idea of the multidisciplinarity of area studies and of the methods of the cognition of a cultural area together with the information about the synchrony and diachrony of individual areas.
Learning outcomes
The doctoral student will have the knowledge of the methodology of area studies and of the contemporary world, but mainly Euro-American cultural areas, of their history, economics, politics, language, culture, literature, political system and of the contemporary state.
Syllabus
  • 1) The conceptions of area studies, European studies and Central Europe 2) Different understanding of area studies, philological-area studies 3) World cultural areas 4) European cultural areas in their diachrony and synchrony 5) The conceptions of Central Europe, Central Europe as a spiritual space, Eastern Europe and the Balkans, Western Europe and Scandinavia 6) The Slavonic cultural area 7) The relations of area studies and their disciplinary structure 8) The structure of a cultural area 9) The area as a language, literary, and artistic entity 10) The sources and the formation of the area studies methodology
Literature
    required literature
  • Dorovský, I.: Balkánské meziliterární společenství. Brno 1993.
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Areál a filologická studia. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 154 s. ISBN 9788021064713. URL info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Střední Evropa a Slované : (problémy a osobnosti). 1. vyd. Brno: Ústav slavistiky Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, 246 s. ISBN 8021041749. info
    recommended literature
  • Literární věda a teritoriální studia. Fakulta stredoeurópskych štúdií, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre 2014.
  • Česko-slovenské vztahy v slovanských a středoevropských souvislostech. Meziliterárnost a areál. Brněnské texty k slovakistice IV. Editoři: Ivo Pospíšil, Miloš Zelenka. Ústav slavistiky FF MU, Brno 2003.
  • Hodža, M.: Federácia v strednej Európe a iné štúdie. Bratislava 1997
  • Central Europe: Substance and Concepts. Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Central European Studies, Nitra 2015.
  • Ďurišin, D. a kolektiv: Osobitné medziliterárne spoločenstvá I-VI. Bratislava 1987-1993.
  • Česko-slovenské vztahy, Evropa a svět. Brněnské texty k slovakistice VI. Eds.: Ivo Pospíšil, Miloš Zelenka. Slavistická společnost Franka Wollmana a Ústav slavistiky FF MU, Brno 2004.
  • Comparative cultural studies in central Europe. Edited by Ivo Pospíšil - Michael Moser. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 203 s. ISBN 8021033746. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar, consultations. discussions, workshops
Assessment methods
completion of a seminar work, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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