USESEP031 Cultural Development of Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Šopák, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies 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
Course objectives
The course is focused on description of cultural specifics of central Europe, on definition of region and its qualities (geopolitical, cultural, temporal) in the range from enlightenment or Napoleon wars till World War II. The students are then presented partial topics in lectures: art culture (linear, musical, art) versus pop forms of culture and entertainment; artistic culture, political culture; aesthetic feeling between aesthetic doctrines and taste (avant-garde vs. mode); intellectual and his role in modern society and central European specifics of intellectualistic concepts; traditional, elite and mass culture opposition; academic education and constitution of modern intellectual elite cs. consumption; cultural identity and idea of nation - nationalism (internationalism and concept of modern culture; cultural aspect of socialization - enlightenment issue; institutional background of realization of cultural concepts in society - educational and social institution, libraries, newspaper and periodicals, museums, monuments etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts: concept of culture in (central) European after enlightenment tradition.
    2. Periodization of the 20th century from the point of view of cultural development
    3. Cultural centers and cultural periphery - changes and replaces, role of German and Slavic world in formation of specifics of culture of central Europe
    4. Cultural models and visually-semantic icons (cathedral, sport stadium, department store, cinema, hypermarket)
    5. East vs. West, specifics of Slavic and German feature in central European cultural, mental and intellectual situation
    6. Austria as multinational monarchy (impact of Franz Josephian era at the beginnings of the 20th century)
    7. Influences of cultural centers on central European situation in examples of Berlin and Vienna
    8. Specifics of cultural development of interwar periods: Germany, Russia, USA as models of cultural and civilization perspective of central European countries
    9. Emancipation of Slavic nations and modernity; regions and formation of local cultural traditions, idea of Czechoslovak state and its fulfillment in art culture
    10. Specifics of central European intellectualism in the 20th century
    11. Specifics of art culture of the 20th century in central Europe
    12. Specifics of pop culture of the 20th century in central Europe
Literature
    required literature
  • Kolektiv. Dějiny evropské civilizace II. Praha-Litomyšl:Paseka, 1995. info
    recommended literature
  • PATOČKA, J. Češi I. - II. Praha, 2006. info
  • CHARLE, CH. Intelektuálové v Evropě 19. století. Praha: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004. info
  • PATOČKA, J. Umění a čas I. (zde Česká vzdělanost v Evropě). Praha, 2004. info
  • Macura, V. Český sen. Praha 1998. Praha, 1998. info
  • KRAUS, W. Kultura a moc. Proměna přání. Olomouc: Votobia, 1992. info
  • ČERNÝ, V. O povaze naší kultury. Praha: LN, 1990. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015.
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