Course: Sources of Czech Culture

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Course title Sources of Czech Culture
Course code KFI/PCK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Straková Katarzyna, Mgr. et Bc. CSc.
  • Kwiatkowska Alena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The following topics will be focused: basic periodization of Czech culture formation; typology and periodization of culture development; historical origins of Czech culture; Slavic culture and Christianity; folk holidays and customs and their transformation affected by Christianity; Christianity and origins of Czech statehood, Reformation and Counter-Reformation movement`s influence on Czech culture development.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study of literature, Lecture
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to define and describe basic periodization and typology of Czech culture since Slavic arrival to our territory. They will be able to summarize historical origins of Slavic culture and to explain the influence of Christianity on folk holidays and customs transformation, on formation of Czech statehood and Reformation and Counter-Reformation movement`s influence on Czech culture development.
teaching methods
Lecture
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Group presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Pokračovatelé Kosmovi. Praha, 1974.
  • Dostálová, Růžena. Byzantská vzdělanost. Vyd. 2. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2003. ISBN 80-7021-409-0.
  • Frolíková, Alena. Rané křesťanství očima pohanů : svědectví řecky a latinsky píšících autorů 1. - 2. století. Jinočany : H & H, 1992. ISBN 80-85467-22-4.
  • Heřmanský, F. Duchem i mečem. Praha, 1957.
  • Kadlec, Jaroslav. Přehled českých církevních dějin. [Díl] 1. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Zvon, 1991. ISBN 80-7113-004-4.
  • Kadlec, Jaroslav. Přehled českých církevních dějin. [Díl] 2. Praha : Zvon, 1991. ISBN 80-7113-003-6.
  • Kosmas. Kosmova Kronika česká. Vyd. 4. Praha : Odeon, 1975.
  • Šoltész, Štěpán. Dějiny křesťanské církve. 4. vyd. Praha : ÚCN, 1990. ISBN 80-7017-204-5.
  • Vašica, Josef. Literární památky epochy velkomoravské : 863 - 885. 2. vyd. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1996. ISBN 80-7021-169-5.
  • Vlček, Jaroslav. Dějiny české literatury. I. Praha : Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1960.


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