FPF:UHVD0006 Work and Free Time in Pre-mode - Course Information

UHVD0006 Work and Free Time in Pre-modern and Modern Period

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

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

• Cultural History (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)

Course objectives

This course focuses on understanding the changing concept of leisure in the long run of European history. In the Middle Ages, work was conceived as God´s punishment for sin and was understood mainly as work in agriculture. Direct opoosite for womenkind was the ideal of dividing the day between work, prayer and recreation. Early modern ages were an era of dicsiplination of the poor. The eighteenth century was the turning point. The accesibility and popularity of leisure activities grow (i. e. visiting of spa resorts). The secularized concept of work starts to prevail. Some theorists (such as G. Dumazedier) stress that leisure is possible as lat ase working hours are set exactly. The modern era is typical for measuring leisure and working time mechanically. Temporarily, working time grew immensely, however, in the long run, the amount of leisure started to increase. Leisure time has been filled with diverse actvities (associations, clubs, travelling, hiking, mass leisure, sport, cinema etc.).

Syllabus

• 1. Everyday life culture in Renaissance and Humanism (I. Zmeták)
  2. Roferomation culture and leisure (I. Zmeták)
  3. Leisure in the baroque epoque (I. Zmeták)
  4. Enlightenment and its contribution (I. Zmeták)
  5. Discovery of the "common man" and his culture (I. Zmeták)
  6. Informal circles, salons, tavern societies (M. Pelc)
  7. Associations and meetings(M. Pelc)
  8. Hiking and journeys "to the nature" (M. Pelc)
  9. By the sea (M. Pelc)
  10. Middle class elite and modern popular culture (M. Pelc)
  11. Traveling and excursions in the 2nd half of the 20. century (J. Knapík)
  12. Hobbies in the 2nd half of the 20. century(J. Knapík)
  

Literature

recommended literature
• Milan Hlavačka. Cestování v éře dostavníků. Praha. info
• LeGoff, J. Práce, in: Jacques LeGoff?Jean-Claude Schmitt, Encyklopedie středověku, s. 515?524. info
• Franc, M. - Knapík, J. Volný čas v českých zemích 1957-1967. Praha, 2013. info
• Kristýna Ulmanová. Cestování před sto lety. Praha, 2011. info
• Michael Borovička. Velké dějiny ZKČ ? Cestovatelství. Praha ? Litomyšl, 2010. info
• Milena Lenderová a kol. Z dějin české kažodennosti v 19. století. Praha, 2010. info
• Jacques Heers. Svátky bláznů a karnevaly. Praha, 2006. info
• Jean Verdon. Volný čas ve středověku. Praha, 2003. info
• Burke Peter. BURKE Peter. Italská renesance: Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha, 1996. info
• Věra Olivová. Lidé a hry. Praha, 1979. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

- min. 80 % attendance
- activity in classes
- spoken paper

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2017, recent)
  
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