Vs1 History of Vietnam 1 - precolonial era

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–10:50 B2.52
Prerequisites
no requirements
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
At the end of the course students should be able to understand the periodisation of the older history of Vietnam. Students will have basic informations about the main eras of the history of Vietnam until the 19th century in the context of the political and cultural development of the South East Asia and the relations between Vietnam and China. The course History of Vietnam - precolonial era is a fundamental theoretical profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination. The course is open for students of other study programmes – in such a case only final written examination with requirements of more moderate results is needed to pass the course.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the periodisation of the older history of Vietnam
- orientate himself in the political history of Vietnam until the end of the 15th century
- know the development in the southern part of the Vietnamese area (civilisation of Champa)
- know roughly the development of the neighbouring regions (China, Cambodia, Laos, Malay and Indonesian area)
- describe the development of the Vietnamese society in this period also in relation to the cultural, religious and economic development
- differentiate between the traditional rendering of history and the results of modern research
- know about the basic sources to the history of the period
Syllabus
  • 0. Introduction: history and historiography
  • 1. Periodisation of the older history of Vietnam. Prehistory. Theories of the origin of the contemporary ethnic groups. Đông Sơn culture, Au Lac kingdom.
  • 2.-3. Indianisation of the Mainland Southeast Asia. Origin of Champa, Funan and their older history in the context of other Hinduistic kingdoms in the South East Asia.
  • 4. Han conquest of the northern Vietnam. Nanyue. First rebellions against China. The Northern Vietnam under the Chinese rule. Important Sino-Vietnamese clans.
  • 5. Development of the Vietnamese culture under Han and Tang dynasties. Buddhism in the Northern Vietnam.
  • 6. Independence of the Northern Vietnam. Dynasty Ly. Fights with Chams.
  • 7. Mongolian incursions (Northern Vietnam, Champa, South East Asia).
  • 8. Dynasty Tran. Hồ Quý Ly. Influence of Confusianism on the Vietnamese culture.
  • 9. Recent history of Champa.
  • 10. Ming China's dominance. Arrival of Europeans.
  • 11. Tay Son insurection and Nguyen dynasty till the French colonization of Indochina.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVATÁ, Lucie. Dějiny Vietnamu. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008. 357 s. ISBN 9788071069652.
    recommended literature
  • NGUYEN, Khac Vien. Vietnam. A Long History. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 1993.
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Petra. Vietnam. Praha: Libri, 2004.
  • Srba, Ondřej + Schwarz. Michal. 2016. Starší dějiny Vietnamu a Čampy. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, sv. 460. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • MASPERO, Georges. Le royaume de Champa. Paris – Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. van Oest, 1928.
    not specified
  • Aung-Thwin, Michael Arthur + Hall, Kenneth R. 2011. New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia. London – New York: Routledge.
  • TAYLOR, K. W. A history of the Vietnamese. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xv, 696. ISBN 9780521875868.
Teaching methods
Lectures (according to the number and background of participants accompanied by authentic sources)
Assessment methods
Students of the study programme Vietnamese Studies: 1) three written tests during the course - at least 50 % of correct answers is needed to pass for final written examination; + 2) final written examination: at least 75 % of correct answers is required to pass the course. Students of other study programmes: only final written examination is compulsory: at least 50 % of correct answers is needed to pass the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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