History and Culture in the Czech Lands 1836-2009 1
- Course unit code:
- 311HCL1
- Course unit title:
- History and Culture in the Czech Lands 1836-2009 1
- Mode of delivery:
- zápočet
- Range:
- 2/T
- Type of course unit:
- Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – compulsory subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – optional subject
Study plan Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) – optional subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování – optional subject - Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- Study plan Fotografie EN - bakalář – 2nd nebo 3rd year
- Semester when the course unit is delivered
- zimní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 1
- Garant předmětu:
- Tomáš POSPISZYL
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Tomáš POSPISZYL
- Study Objectives:
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The aim of the lecture is to present basic concepts of Czech modern history, culture and art.
Following chronological order and necessary historical context, lecturer will present the most significant figures and works in visual arts, architecture, and selected literature. Where possible, a later film adaptation of these works will be presented as well. The course will continue in a spring semester with similar introduction to history and art in Czechoslovakia and contemporary cultural currents in the Czech Republic.
- Mode of delivery:
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Lecture accompanied with disscussions
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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No
- Recommended optional programme components
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Visits to Museum and galleries in the Czech Republic, reading of Czech literature and watching Czech films.
- Course contents:
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Czechs in Austrian Empire and the concept of National revival
Romanticism and Biedermeier. Karel Hynek Mácha and rise of capitalism
Božena Němcová and her myth
Czechs, Germans and their parallel worlds, National Theatre and National gymnastics
Rethinking Czech history. Prague at the end of 19th century
Secession and anarchy, Alfons Mucha
Cosmopolitan modernism, art for art and mood for decadence.
Spiritism and tourism of Josef Váchal
Art visionary: painter František Kupka
Philosophical visionary: Ladislav Klíma
The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch (dir. Jan Němec) 1991
Czech cubism in painting, sculpture and architecture.
Photographer František Drtikol
Jaroslav Hašek, T.G. Masaryk and their path to independent Czechoslovakia
The Good Soldier Schweik (dir. Jiří Trnka, Karel Steklý) 1955, 1956
Franz Kafka
Postava k podpírání (dir. Pavel Juráček) 1963
- Study materials:
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Basic Literature:
Petr Čornej, Jiří Pokorný: A Brief History of the Czech Lands to 2000. Prah Publishing House, Praha 2004
Selected Literature:
Karel Hynek Mácha, May, Twisted Spoon Press, Praha 2005
Ladislav Klíma, The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch, Twisted Spoon Press, Praha 2007
Jaroslav Hašek, The Good Soldier Svejk, Penguin Classics, 2005
Gustav Meyrink, The Golem, Dedalus 2000
(all to be found at Globe Bookstore, Pštrosova 6, Praha 1)
Czech modern art 1900-1960. National Gallery in Prague, 1995
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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- Assessment methods and criteria
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Assignment:
Written essay, three pages long, based on one of the fiction titles listed in ?selected literature? and focused on historical contextualization of these works.
Essay in printed form.
During oral exam students will defend their views expressed in essays in a conversation with a lecturer.
Evaluation:
Essay: 50%
Participation in the class: 20%
Final oral exam: 30%
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
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No
- Further information:
- This course is an elective for all AMU students
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Animovaná tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (optional subject)
- Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
- Režie - magistr (optional subject)
- Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
- Kamera - magistr (optional subject)
- Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
- Produkce - magistr (optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Střihová skladba - magistr (optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
- Zvuková tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject, optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr (optional subject)
- Audiovizuální studia - magistr (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (optional subject)
- Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)
- Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)
- Fotografie EN - magistr: restaurování (optional subject)