ZUR702 Paradigmatic systems of culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Zdeněk Havlíček (assistant)
Mgr. Pavel Sedláček (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Timetable
Fri 9. 10. 8:30–10:00 Aula, Fri 6. 11. 8:30–10:00 Aula, Fri 4. 12. 8:30–10:00 Aula
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
The course provides the basic information on culture as a product and on the grammar of culture as a presupposition of human communicative behaviour. The course sets the context of cultural concepts and makes a system of the approaches to the history of culture. The course clarifies categories as (human) culture, cultural area, sub-culture, contra-culture, development of culture, cultural epoch, human communication, communication presuppositions and competences, communication technologies, media and medial contents, structural principles of culture (centrism), art, cultural trend, style, cultural traditions, sub-culture, cultural standards and values, cultural and artistic types and genres (formats), myths, rituals, values, and concepts of the world. It then provides criteria for periodization of cultural history. At the and of the course, the students will be able to understand that culture and its products form a text that can be read and understood if they know the ‘grammar’ of a culture and the ‘grammar’ of human communication.
Syllabus
  • 1st session: Cultural concept in social and cultural anthropology and in the theory of mass communication. Cultural paradigms and history of culture.
  • 2nd session: Myths and rituals. Mythology and myths of the origin of the world. Art, traditions, artistic artefacts.
  • 3rd session: Constructional principles of culture and art (epochs, cultural trends and tendencies). Polar constructional principles of culture (art) and developmental dynamism.
  • 4th session: Arts, traditions, artistic artefacts.
  • 5th session: Social and cultural space-time, hierarchy of cultural areas. Sub-cultures and contra-cultures.
  • 6th session: Culture of antiquity.
  • 7th session: Medieval culture.
  • 8th session: Renaissance culture.
  • 9th session: Culture of Baroque, Classicism, Rococo and Enlightment.
  • 10th session: Culture of Romanticism, National Revival, Modernism and Art Noveau.
  • 11th session: Modernism and Avant-garde. Artistic trends. Artistic groups and manifest.
  • 12th session: Post-Modernism.
  • 13th session: Final evaluation of the course.
Literature
  • Debicki, Jacek - Favre, Jean-François - Grünewald, Dietrich - Pimentel, Antonio Filipe: Dějiny umění. Malířství. Sochařství. Architektura. Praha : Argo, 1998.
  • Gombrich, Ernst Hans: Příběh umění. Praha : Argo : Mladá fronta, 1995.
  • Pavelka, Jiří - Pospíšil, Ivo: Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno : Nakladatelství Georgetown, 1993.
  • Petráň, Josef, a kol.: Dějiny umělecké kultury II.1. Praha : Karolinum, 1995.
  • Soukup, Václav: Přehled antropologických teorií kultury. Praha : Portál, 2000.
Assessment methods
lectures, four writtem work, paper, writtten test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Pro imatrikulační ročníky 2004/2005 a 2005/2006.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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