CJQ011 Overview in Culture and History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Milan Řepa, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Muchová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 C11bezkodu
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJQ006 Qualifying Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
An overview of the Czech history, synopsis of which will be formed by cultural history. Lectures or occasional discussions will try to answer the question in what is the Czech culture, developing during almost a one thousand year period, specific, and in what it shared the destiny with other European states and nations.
Syllabus
  • A concise historically-geographic introduction. Czech land and its position. Bohemia and Moravia at the dawn of history. Traces of pre-historic cultures, Celts and Teutons. Arrival of Slavs. Beginning of Czech civilization. Great Moravia, roman Bohemia. Gothic Bohemia of last Přemyslovci and Luxemburgs. Hussite revolution and its place in Czech history. Renaissance, humanism, Comenius and Czech brothers. Barocco and its legacy. Changes in Czech landscape. National revival and formation of modern Czech culture in the 19th century. Variety of Czech culture in the period of the First republic. February 1948, Stalinism, 1960's, the year 1968, normalization and Czech culture.
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
  • České a československé dějiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Fortuna, 1991, 119 s. ISBN 80-85298-29-5. info
  • České a československé dějiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Fortuna, 1991, 111 s., 10. ISBN 80-85298-26-0. info
  • ŠKARKA, Antonín. Půl tisíciletí českého písemnictví. Edited by Emanuel Macek - Pavel Spunar - Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1986, 502 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka bude realizována formou semináře a ukončena zápočtem. Podmínkou získání zápočtu bude úspěšné absolvování testu.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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