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Lecturer(s)
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Kašpar Oldřich, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Definition of the terms travelling and travel writing, kinds of travels and their stimuli (economic, political, military, religious, cultural and other). Ancient travel writing as the first ethnographic sources, beginnings of ancient geographical and ethnographic myths. European medieval travel writing: non-fiction (Carpini, Marco Polo, Odoricus Bohemus de Portu Naonis, etc) and fiction (so-called Mandeville). The oldest Czech travel writing (Panoš Jaroslav, Šašek z Bířkova, Martin Kabátník, Bohuslav Hasištějnský z Lobkovic, etc.). Role of travel writing in humanistic ethnography - European cosmographies, Czech cosmography. Historical calendars and chronological and historical compendia (Adam z Veleslavína, Bacháček z Naumeřic, etc). The baroque period and Czech missionaries abroad. Travel writing of the beginnings of the national revival and Czech travel writing of the second half of the 19th century (Benedikt Roezl, Emil Holub, Čeněk Paclt, Josef Kořenský, Enrique Stanko Vráz, etc). Current travel writing (books, magazines, reports, TV documentaries, etc).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to acquire knowledge of the role of travelling and travel writing in the history and in anthropology, based on the topics covered in the lectures and study of recommended literature. Development of European (selected topics) and Czech travelling with emphasis on the interpretation of a travel book as an ethnographic source. Current travel writing and its role will be described as well as that of travel films.
Students will be able to place the phenomenon of travelling into wider cultural, historical and anthropological context and work with it.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment
Active participation in lectures. Type of assessment: assignment awarded after writing a seminar paper on one of the given topics.
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Recommended literature
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povinná literatura bude upřesněna na přednáškách.
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HORÁK, B. Dějiny zeměpisu I.-III.. Praha: Academia, 1957.
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HRBEK, I. ABC cestovatelů, mořeplavců, objevitelů. Praha: Orbis, 1979.
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KAŠPAR, O. Počátky české cizokrajné etnografie. Praha: SPN, 1983.
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KAŠPAR, O. Zámořeské objevy a jejich ohlas v českých zemích. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1992.
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KŘIVSKÝ, P., SKŘIVAN, A. Moře, objevy, staletí. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1980.
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KUNSKÝ, J. Čeští cestovatelé I, II.. Praha: Academia, 1961.
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MARTÍNEK, J., MARTÍNEK, M. Kdo byl kdo. Naši cestovatelé a geografové. Praha, Libri, 1998.
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ROZHOŇ, V. Čeští cestovatelé a obraz zámoří v české společnosti. Praha, Nakladatelství Aleš Skřivan, ml., 2005.
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