FPF:UHVHNP0021 Selected lecture from Modern h - Course Information

UHVHNP0021 Selected lecture from Modern history

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Timetable

Mon 15:35–17:10 M7

Prerequisites

Completed Bachelor's degree

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

• History (programme FPF, HistNP)

Course objectives

The lectures will focus on selected problems of the development of Czech culture, or cultural policies as tools for influencing social consciousness and behavior. Individual topics reflect changes in Czech culture and society from 1938 to the 1980s; in principle, they will touch on the institutional background of culture, the control of culture and art from the point of view of political and ideological intentions, the relationship between culture and the media, the problems of continuity and discontinuity of culture.

Learning outcomes

The lectures will focus on selected problems of the development of Czech culture, or cultural policies as tools for influencing social consciousness and behavior. Individual topics reflect changes in Czech culture and society from 1938 to the 1980s; in principle, they will touch on the institutional background of culture, the control of culture and art from the point of view of political and ideological intentions, the relationship between culture and the media, the problems of continuity and discontinuity of culture.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction (Introduction to the topic and state of research; study literature) 2. The Second Republic: discontinuity, censorship, emigration 3. Czech culture in the shadow of the "imperial idea" I 4. Czech culture in the shadow of the "imperial idea" II 5. Košice government program – "Magna Carta" of post-war cultural policy 6. The Third Republic: culture between East and West 7. Culture at the crossroads (1948): action committees, persecution, emigration 8. The concept of socialist culture: between ideology and continuity 9. Management of Czech culture (1948–1989) I 10. Management of Czech culture (1948–1989) II 11. From the "New Course" to the "New Wave" in Czech culture 12. Culture and the "Iron Curtain" 13. School and educational policy, children and youth policy (1948–1989)

Literature

• KLIMEŠ, David: Doporučeno nezveřejňovat. Fungování propagandy, cenzury a médií v pozdně normalizačním Československu. Praha 2022.
• DOLEŽAL, Jiří: Česká kultura za protektorátu. Praha 1996.
• JUST, Vladimír: Divadlo v totalitním systému. Příběh českého divadla (1945–1989) nejen v datech a souvislostech. Praha 2010.
• SCHMARZ, Vít: Země lyr a ocele. Subjekty, ideologie, modely, mýty a rituály v kultuře českého stalinismu. Praha 2017.
• KNAPÍK, Jiří: V zajetí moci. Kulturní politika, její systém a aktéři 1948–1956. Praha 2006.
• BREN, Paulina: Zelinář a jeho televize. Kultura komunismu po pražském jaru 1968. Praha 2013.
• MOHN, Volker: Nacistická kulturní politika v protektorátu. Brno 2018.
• KNAPÍK, Jiří – FRANC, Martin a kol.: Průvodce kulturním děním a životním stylem v českých zemích 1948–1967. Praha 2011.
• DVOŘÁK, Jan (ed.): Scéna 1980-1989. Antologie. Praha 2019.
• KUSÁK, Alexej: Kultura a politika v Československu 1945–1956. Praha 1998.
• RATAJ, Jan: O autoritativní národní stát. Ideologické proměny české politiky v druhé republice 1938–1939. Praha 1997.
• ŠTOLL, Martin: Television and totalitarism in Czechoslovakia. New York, Bloomsbury Academic 2019.

Teaching methods

Lecture

Assessment methods

Written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Teacher's information

75% attendance, active participation Knowledge of basic concepts and issues

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