Course: Centres and Peripheries of Slavic Cultures

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Course title Centres and Peripheries of Slavic Cultures
Course code KLKS/CPSK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kouba Miroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction. Center, periphery and semiperiferie in the basic definition. Traditions concept of the terms. 2. Beginnings of the education of the Slavs: the formation of early medieval states and their cultural centers. 3. Cyril and Methodius tradition and the beginnings of Slavic Culture: Great Moravia, Bulgaria, Kievan Rus. 4. Culture centres of the medieval Polish state. 5. Concept of center and periphery in the culture of Kievan Rus. 6. Culture centres of the medieval Czech state: 7. Centers of Renaissance culture of the Slavs: Poland, the Dubrovnik Republic, the Czech lands. 8. Parameters of the Barock Slavism. 9. The Enlightenment and the Slavic Cultural Centera. 10. The concept of center and periphery in the Slavic Revival. The new center of national cultures. 11. Transforming centers of cultural life in the 20th century. The rise of new peripherals. 12. Slavic cultural center and the periphery at the time of European integration. 13. Summary of important moments.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course follows the changes of role of cultural centers and their relationship to social life. Among the leading themes of the course is the participation of intelectual centers in the process of formation of national cultures, Attention will also be given on problem of relations between centers of Slavic culture and its peripheral areas. Among the methodological approaches should be noted also the chronological perspective, in which the course follows the culturally active areas in the course of cultural history.
The ability to track changes of the cultural centers and analyze the dynamics of the development of the national cultures.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis, Discussion

Recommended literature
  • A.Brückner. Dzieje kultury polskiej I-IV.. Warszawa, 1991.
  • B. Chropovský . Slované. Praha, 1989.
  • F. Wollman. Slovesnost Slovanů. Praha, 1928.
  • J. Bidlo. Slovanstvo. Obraz jeho minulosti a přítomnosti. Praha, 1912.
  • J. Máchal. Slovanské literatury I-III.. Praha, 1929.
  • J. Rychlík. Mezi Vídní a Cařihradem I.. Praha, 2009.
  • M. Bobrownicka. Język i tożsamość narodowa. Slavica. Kraków, 2000.
  • M. Hroch. V národním zájmu. Požadavky a cíle evropských národních hnutí devatenáctého století v komparativní perspektivě. Praha, 1999.
  • P. Ivić. Dějiny srbské kultury. Praha, 1995.
  • Z. Črnja. Kuturna historija Hrvatske. Ideje ? ličnosti ? djela. Zagreb, 1964.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer