FPF:UBKKBK0051 Book History - Course Information
UBKKBK0051 Book History
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Brožovská Onderková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jana Brožovská Onderková, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – 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
- Library Science (programme FPF, KNIH-bc)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to apprise students with the development of the book as a communication medium and art object in the Czech and European environment. The introduction of the course writes written systems and documents in the period of ancient civilizations and writing fonts in the period of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. Then it is discussed the development of the book from the point of view of its form, especially with useful writing materials, illustration techniques, bookbinding. The content of the last part of the course is an explanation of the development of book printing and its influence on the development of form and tasks in the modern age.
- Learning outcomes
- - identify and summarize important features of the development of the book as a medium of communication
- identify and summarize important features of the development of the book as an subject of art
- orientate oneself in the production of Czech and European printers and publishing houses 15.-19. century - Syllabus
- 1.Terminology
- 2. Written systems of selected ancient civilizations - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hittite Empire
- 3. Written systems of selected ancient civilizations - Phenicia, Greece
- 4. Ancient Rome and Latin script
- 5. European script of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age
- 6. Writing materials and tools
- 7. Bookbinding
- 8. History of European and Czech illumination and illustration 9. Letterpress printing
- 10. Letterpress in the Czech lands in the period of incunabula
- 11. Letterpress in the Czech lands in 15.-17. century
- 12. Letterpress in the Czech lands in the 18th-19th century
- 13. Typographic industry
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hod/sem.
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2023, recent)
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