Course: French for Anthropology

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Course title French for Anthropology
Course code KSA/FOAN
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction French
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Saudková Zdena, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hlinovská Anna, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Babková Sylva, doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) The interpretation of historical, intellectual and civilizing presumptions of the origin of anthropological thinking as a specific Western way of the conceptualization of the non-Western world and human diversity. 2) Anthropology, the definition and genesis of the notion, the basic division of anthropological sciences, synthetic and interdisciplinary conception of anthropology, the Anglo-Saxon and Continental tradition of anthropological thinking and its transformation. 3) "Crash of cultures and civilizations", Samuel Huntington, Francis Fukuyama, Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt, problems of modernity, universalism, cultural partikularism and fundamentalism. 4) Definition of the term culture. Problems of multiculturalism, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, xenophobia, "leading culture" (Leitkultur). Migration in today´s world, assimilation and integration. 5) The origin of modern nationalism, the relation between traditional and modern society (Gemeinschaft a Gesellschaft) and their reflection in contemporary human sciences. The origin and rise of racial theory. 6) Émile Durkheim, the French sociological school, it´s representatives and contributions to the evolution of anthropological thinking in the 20th century. 7) Political anthropology and the critical reflection of modern totalitarism and fundamentalism. 8) Historical anthropology and the rise and transformation of Annales School.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 18 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
use French language at B2 level
be familiar with French-language literature
explain at a basic level the differences between the key concepts of the field in French
characterise key terms in anthropology
Skills
use original professional texts in French
communicate at a professional level in French
use adequate terminology appropriate to the terminology of the field in French
respond adequately to listening texts dealing with anthropological issues
actively participate in pair/group discussions on a given topic in anthropology
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
understand a wide range of professional texts in the field of cultural and social anthropology (at an advanced level)
understand a professional text in French
Skills
create and interpret (present) their own professional text in French in the field of social and cultural anthropology
critically reflect on sources and literature in French
communicate at a professional level in French
evaluate a written/listening text, take a position on it, convey information, refute or defend an opinion
demonstrate the extension and deepening of their language skills on different types of tasks
interpret a listening text appropriately
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Multimedia supported teaching
Collaborative instruction
Skills
Collaborative instruction
Multimedia supported teaching
Seminar classes
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Test
Combined exam
Competences
Combined exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Francouzština : přehledná gramatika. Dubicko : Infoa, 1999. ISBN 80-85836-67-X.
  • Lire et commenter (soubor vybraných originálních textů).
  • Augé, Marc. Non-lieux: introduction a une anthropologie de la surmodernité. Paris, Seuil, 1992.
  • Boissel, Jean. Victor Courtet, premier théoricien de la hiérarchie des races; contribution a l'histoire de la philosophie politique du romanticisme. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1969.
  • Bonte, Pierre, Izard, Michel a Marion Abéles (eds.). Dictionnaire de l´ethnologie ed de l´anthropologie. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1992.
  • Braudel, Fernand. La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen a l´époque de Philippe II. Paris, A. Colin., 1976.
  • Burguiere, André. Anthropologie historique. Encyclopaedia Universalis II. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1985.
  • Danilo, Michel; Lincoln, M.; Penfornis, J.-L. Le Francais de la communication professionnelle. Paris : CLE international, 1993. ISBN 2-19-033584-1.
  • Durkheim, Émile. Elementární formy náboženského života : systém totemismu v Austrálii. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2002. ISBN 80-7298-056-4.
  • Fenclová, Marie; Horová, Helena,; Koláříková, Dagmar. K francouzským textům v humanitních a společenských vědách. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7211-495-5.
  • Hendrich, Josef; Radina, Otomar,; Tláskal, Jaromír. Francouzská mluvnice. Plzeň : Fraus, 2001. ISBN 80-7238-064-8.
  • Chaunu, Pierre. Conquete et exploitation des nouveaux mondes: XVIe siecle. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1995.
  • Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Strukturální antropologie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Argo, 2006. ISBN 80-7203-713-7.
  • Olender, Maurice. Les langues du Paradis. Paris, Gallimard-Seuil, 1989.
  • Uchytil, Vladimír. Francouzsko-český česko-francouzský slovník = Dictionnaire français-tchéque tchéque-français. Praha : Český Klub, 2002. ISBN 80-85637-67-7.
  • Vidal-Naquet, Pierre. Le chasseur noir: formes de pensées et formes de société dans le monde grec. Paris, La Découverte, 1983.
  • Vlasák, Václav. Francouzsko-český česko-francouzský slovník = Dictionnaire français-tchéque tchéque-français. Voznice : LEDA, 2002. ISBN 80-85927-97-7.


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