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Course: European Folklore

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Course title European Folklore
Course code KSKA/FOEV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kašpar Oldřich, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Life and culture of European rural inhabitants in the 19th century. Introduction to the history of European culture. Rituals connected with the birth and death. Notions on the soul and afterlife. Magical perception of sexuality. Sexual behaviour of the European rural inhabitants.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Monitoring
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to focus on the life and culture of the European rural inhabitants in the 19th century with regard to the cultural history of Europe and also to focus on similar kinds of societies. Special attention will be given to the rituals connected with birth and death and mainly to the notions on soul and the afterlife. The next topic will be the magical perception of sexuality and sexual behaviour of the European rural inhabitants.
Students will have an opportunity to analyse a few current cultural and social phenomena of the Czech and European countryside.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Didactic test, Questionnaire

Active participation, attendance at the excursion to the Czech countryside and presentation of a piece of text of one's own choice.
Recommended literature
  • další informace o doporučené literatuře u vyučujícího.
  • AJDAČIČ, D. (ed.). Erotsko u folkloru slovena. Beograd: Stubovi kulture, 2000.
  • AJDAČIČ, D. (ed.). The Magical and Aesthetic in the Folklore of Balkans Slavs. Belgrade: Library Vuk Karadžić, 1994.
  • ELIADE, M. Le mythe de l´eternel retour. Praha: OIKÚMENÉ, 1993.
  • FOUCALT, M. Histoire de la sexualité I-III [Dějiny sexuality I-III,. Praha: Herrmann & synové.
  • GINZBURG, C. Storia notturna [Noční příběh]. Praha: Argo, 2003.
  • LE GOFF, J. La Civilisation de l' Occident médiéval [Kultura středověké evropy, Praha, Odeon, 1991]. Praha: Odeon, 1991.
  • LEVIN, E. Sex and Society in the Word of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700. Ithaca-London: Cornell University Press, 1989.
  • MACHAL, J. Bájesloví slovanské. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995.
  • NAVRÁTILOVÁ, A. Narození a smrt v české lidové kultuře. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2004.
  • NIEDERLE, L. Život starých Slovanů II. 1.. Praha: Bursík & Kohout, 1916.


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): Resocialization Pedagogy (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 29.05.2024 23:50.