BJA203 Contemporary Bulgaria

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zornica Cvetanova Cvetkova, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zornica Cvetanova Cvetkova, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 U27
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Basic georgaphical, political, social and economical characteristics of contemporary Bulgaria main habits and traditions of Bulgarian people. At the end of the course students will - be able to demonstrate the knowledge of Bulgarian history - have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of Bulgarian social life. - have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of comparative study of Bulgarian language and literature
Syllabus
  • 1. Geography - main characteristics 2. Administative division, administrative units 3. Inhabitants, cities 4. Bulgarians and religious life 5. Political situation after 1989 6. Economical situation 7. Bulgaria and relations with neighbour countries (Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey) 8. Specific features of the Bulgarian history in comparison with the Czech history 9. Cultural places of interest I (pre-Slavonic period, Thraks, Greeks, Romans, etc.) 10. Cultural places of interest II (middle age state, Byzantian ruling, Osman ruling) 11. Cultural places of interest III (19. and 20. century) 12. General repetition
Literature
    required literature
  • Fiala, Petr - Holzer, Jan - Strmiska, Maxmilián a kol.: Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. MU, Brno 2002.
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír. Státy a území světa. 3., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2009, 895 s. ISBN 9788072774142. info
  • KREJČÍ, Pavel. Bulharsko a Chorvatsko v dnešní Evropě (Bulgaria and Croatia in contemporary Europe). In Slované a Evropa na počátku 21. století. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, p. 26-40. ISBN 978-80-210-4487-6. info
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír and Pavel FOJTÍK. Státy a území světa. 2. aktualiz., přeprac. a ro. Praha: Libri, 1998, 1095 s. ISBN 80-85983-53-2. info
    recommended literature
  • Kubát, Michal: Postkomunismus a demokracie. Politika ve středovýchodní Evropě. Dokořán, Praha 2003.
  • Penin, Rumen - Sultanova, Mariana - Trajkov, Toni - Bojadžiev, Veselin: Geografija i ikonomika za 10. klas. Bulvest, Sofija 2001.
  • KREJČOVÁ, Elena. Česko-bulharský a bulharsko-český tematický slovník s úkoly na procvičování slovní zásoby. Lexikální minimum ke státní závěrečné zkoušce (Czech-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-Czech thematical dictionary with excersises. Lexical minimum for state exams). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 270 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6742-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
  • Kapesní atlas světa. Edited by Jiří Novotný. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Kartografie, 1998, 286 s. ISBN 80-7011-465-7. info
  • HOCHMAN, Vladimír and Prokop MAXA. Bulharsko. 4. vyd. Praha: Olympia, 1983, 175 s. URL info
Teaching methods
One lecture and one seminar per week
Assessment methods
One final oral presentation, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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