UHVH0024 Myths and Stereotypes in the Czech National Historiography

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Mgr. Martin Čapský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Masters students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to reflect the gradual dissolution of older narrow national paradigms which shaped the view of the past and to offer possibilities of their re-interpretation. The course shall provide the students with competencies to critically explore and interpret the prejudices and stereotypes in the Czech national historiography. These petrified schemata are widespread and it is likely that students will be confronted with them in their professional lives. Attention will be also paid to the themes that have been traditionally marginalized or avoided and thus erased from the national memory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. The King "Foreigner"/ "Diplomat" and his Descendants
    3. The Hussite Myth and the Czech Culture
    4. Film
    5. Interpreting the Battle of the White Mountain and Its Aftermath
    6.- 7. Historicac Concepts of Decline and "The Age of Darkness"
    8. The Myth of a Small Czech Cottage and "people" in the 19th Century
    9. A Penny (Kreutzer) after Penny (Kreutzer): the National Theatre in the main role
    10. The Myth of a Happy Age: Socialism in a film

Literature
    recommended literature
  • Kopal, Petr (ed.). Film a dějiny. Praha 2005. info
  • Magris, C. Habsburský mýtus v moderní rakouské literatuře. Praha 2001. info
  • Bartlová, M. Je možné psát jiné než nacionalistické dějiny umění? Dějiny - teorie - kritika 2, 2005, 2, s. 247-254. info
  • Řezníková, L. Moderna & historismus. Historické reprezentace v proměnách literatury na přelomu devatenáctého a dvacátého století. Praha 2004. info
  • Šima, K. Národní slavnosti šedesátých let 19. století jako performativní akty konstruování národní identity. ČČH 104, 2006, 1, s. 91-110. info
  • Vocelka, K. Otázky výzkumu 18. století v habsburské monarchii ve světle nejnovější metodologické diskuse, ČMM 121, 2002, 2, 433-449. info
  • Bartlová, Milena (ed.). Pop history. O historické věrohodnosti románů, filmů, komiksů a počítačových her. Praha 2003. info
  • Woitsch, J. Ta naše chaloupka česká. Proměny mýtu lidové architektury. Dějiny a současnost 30, 2008, č. 6, s. 30-33. info
  • Řepa, M. (ed.). 19. století v nás. Praha, 2008. info
  • Macura, V. Český sen. Praha 1998. Praha, 1998. info
  • RAK, J. Bývali Čechové: české historické mýty a stereotypy. HaH, Jinočany, 1994. info
  • MACURA, Vladimír. Šťastný věk. Symboly, emblémy a mýty 1948-1989. Praha: Pražská imaginace, 1992. info
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Passing a final written exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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