REBc02 Greek History of the 19th-20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Nicole Votavová Sumelidisová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 B2.24, except Tue 16. 4.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! REBcA21 Greek History (19-20 Cent.) && !NOW( REBcA21 Greek History (19-20 Cent.) )
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
Students will understand the historical development of Modern Greece from the end of the Ottoman rule in 1821 until circa year 1975. They will be capable of working with scholarly historical litterature and of applying the acquired knowledge while interpreting Modern Greek litterature.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- identify and understand the main periods of the modern Greek history;
- to know important political, military and cultural representatives of the modern Greek history;
- to understand contemporary situation of Greek state and Republic of Cyprus as results of previous historical developments;
- to assess the place of Greek history within the frame of European history of the 19th and 20th Centuries;
- to understand the works of the modern Greek litterature within their true historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - Greece and Greeks before 1821.
  • 2. Greek insurrection of the 1821 and the creation of the Greek state.
  • 3. Joannis Kapodistrias and the priod of "bavarokratia" (1833-1862).
  • 4. Gluecksburg royal dynasty and development of Greece until the end of the 19th Century.
  • 5. Greece since the beginning of the 20th Century and the Balkan wars.
  • 6. WW 1 and the catastrophy in Asia Minor.
  • 7. Greek republic in the interwar period.
  • 8. 1930s and the rise of the Metaxas' dictatorship.
  • 9. Greece during WW 2, resistance movements in Greece and in exile until 1944.
  • 10. End of WW 2 and the beginning of the civil war (1946-1949).
  • 11. Post-war Greece in the years 1949-1962.
  • 12. Attempts of democratization, rise of the military junta (1967) and its fall in 1974.
Literature
  • SVORONOS, N. Episkopisi tis neoellinikis istorias. Athina, 1976. info
  • COLL, R. A Concise History of Greece. Cambridge, 1992. info
  • VAKALOPULOS, A. Griechische Geschichte von 1204 bis heute. Köln, 1985. info
  • WOODHOUSE, C.M. Modern Greece. A Short History. London, 1986. info
  • TZERMIAS, P. Neugriechische Geschichte. Tübingen, 1986. info
  • RICHTER, H.A. Griechenland im 20. Jahrhundert. B. 1. Megali idea-Republik-Diktatur 1900-1940. Köln, 1990. info
  • Ellada. Istoria ke politismos T. 5-7. Athina-Thessaloniki, 1982. info
  • Griechenland. Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Göttingen, 1980. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 80-7106-192-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam aimed at testing student's orientation in topics explained during semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Zkouška je povinná pro studenty, kteří mají předmět jako povinný (kredity A).
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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