FPF:VCKDSH0503 Leisure and leisure time activ - Course Information

VCKDSH0503 Leisure and leisure time activities - the phenomenon of modern period

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D.
Research Center for Cultural History of Silesia and Central Europe – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

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 stress out 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.). The modernization process of European society in the 20th century continued to widen the sphere of free time and his spending form (travelling, watching TV).

Syllabus

• 1. The culture of everyday life in the Renaissance and Humanism
  2. The culture of the Renaissance and Leisure
  3. Leisure in the Baroque period
  4. Enlightenment and its benefits
  5. The discovery of the people and their culture
  6. Nonformal circles, salons, table companies
  7. Associations and association
  8. Tourism
  9. Stay at sea
  10. Bourgeois elite and modern popular culture
  11. Travel and tours in the 20th century (example Czechoslovakia)
  12. Leisure activities in the 20th century (example Czechoslovakia)

Literature

recommended literature
• Hlavačka, M. Cestování v éře dostavníků. Praha. info
• Franc, M. - Knapík, J. Volný čas v českých zemích 1957-1967. Praha, 2013. info
• Borovička, M. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české - Cestovatelství. Praha, 2012. info
• Ulmanová, K. Cestování před sto lety. Praha, 2011. info
• Keller, J. Tři sociální světy. Sociální struktura postindustriální společnosti. Praha, 2010. info
• PELC Martin. Umění putovat. Brno, 2010. info
• Lenderová, M. a kol. Z dějin české každodennosti v 19. století. Praha, 2010. info
• Heers, J. Svátky bláznů a karnevaly. Praha, 2006. info
• Jean Verdon. Volný čas ve středověku. Praha, 2003. info
• BURKE Peter. Lidová kultura v raně novověké Evropě. Praha, 2001. info
• LEDVINKA V. - PEŠEK, J. Od středověkých bratrstev k moderním spolkům. Praha, 2000. info
• NOVOTNÝ Vlad. (ed.). Hospody a pivo v české společnosti. Praha, 1997. info
• BURKE Peter. Italská renesance: Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha, 1996. info
• Corbin Alain. Le territoire de vide. L?occident et le desir du rivage (1750-1840). Paris, 1988. info
• OLIVOVÁ, V. Lidé a hry: historická geneze sportu. 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

Active participation; seminar essey

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