HISTORY OF CZECH CULTURE

The course is part of the curriculum and aims at understanding the history of Czech literature and culture, the theory of literary history and the analysis of literary text.


The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of cultural and literary production in the Czech language as well as of a literary and cultural investigation. The analysis of the text is inserted in the historical - cultural discourse both in a diachronic sense, that is as a history of literature, and synchronically, as a specific phenomenon within a pulsating cultural system. The achievement of these objectives allows the student to enrich his literary and cultural education both in analytical and synthetic terms.

1. Knowledge and understanding
● Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.
● To know literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.
● To know the theory of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary and cultural components.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
● (Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.) Knowing how to properly use linguistic terminology in all processes
application and communication of acquired knowledge.
● (Knowing the literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.) Knowing how to relate the analysis of the specific text with contemporary and coherent critical production in addition to the mechanisms for using the text
● (To know the tools of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary, cultural components.) To be able to apply the analysis tools and the literary production as a whole to the single specific text.

4. Communication skills
● Know how to communicate the specificities of literary reflection, using one
appropriate terminology.
● Knowing how to interact with peers and with the tutor, in a critical and respectful manner, in the presence and
on the virtual classroom forum.
5. Learning skills
.
● Knowing how to critically consult the reference texts and the bibliography in them
contained.

Knowledge of the English language is required in order to study the exam bibliography.
Knowledge of the Czech language is not required.

The aim of the course is to provide a general framework on the propaganda and use of history in the cultural production of the serial television type. Main topic is the TV series The 30 cases of Major Zeman (1975) will be analyzed. The series will be analyzed with respect to both the reconstruction of post-1945 Czechoslovakian history with particular attention to the key moments in history (1945.1948, 1968 and 1969) and the construction of socialist society.

P. Breen, The Greengrocer and His TV: The Culture of Communism After the 1968 Prague Spring
P. Bren, "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall … Is the West the Fairest of Them All?: Czechoslovak Normalization and Its (Dis)Contents", Slavica Publishers Volume 9, Number 4, Fall 2008 (New Series)


Other materials will also be provided during the course

The final exam consists of an oral interview based on the contents of the module and on a written paper.
The paper must be delivered at the end of the course. The assignment of the theme of the paper will be done during the course.
Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher for the assignment of the specific topic to be presented during the examination

The course consists of lectures and seminar moments. Students are required to read texts or watch audiovisual material which will then be discussed in the classroom.
The course takes place in a blended mode at 50%. All information will be available in the teaching moodle space

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