FJI1A005X French History and Culture I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Student should be able to speak on any general issue from contemporary France and culture from the beginning of the 2nd world war to the present.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand and explain the most important notions from the contemporary France;
to recognize and explain the basic dates and names of french history and place them in french and european historical context
Student should be able also to read and understand a short document in french, to identify the author and the persons. He should be able also to say the importance of the document.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of French history in the 2nd half of the 20th century;
- identify and describe the largest contemporary French political parties, economic trends and social transformations over the last 50 years;
- Analyze the current French press.
Syllabus
  • Survey of contemporary France. I. Introduction.
  • . II. Administration and the republic.
  • . III. Politics and Economy.
  • . IV. Society and immigration.
  • . V. Education and culture.
  • . VI. Political History of France from the beginning of the 2nd W W to the end of the 4th republic.
  • . VII. Political History of France from 1958 to the may 1968.
  • . VIII. Political History of France after de Gaulle's period.
  • . IX. Political History of France from the beginning of Giscard d'Estaing's period.
  • . X. IX. Political History of France from the beginning of Mitterrand's period.
  • . XI. Contemporary problems..
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Histoire de la France : des origines à nos jours. Edited by Georges Duby. [Paris]: Larousse, 2011, 1408 s. ISBN 9782035861047. info
    not specified
  • FRYČER, Jaroslav. Úvod do dějin a kultury Francie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1965, 128 s. info
  • KUDRNA, Jaroslav. Dějiny Francie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1988, 727 s. URL info
  • A. Maurois, Dějiny Francie, Praha, Lid. noviny, 1994
  • Poirrier, Philippe. Société et culture en France depuis 1945. Paris, Seuil, 1988.
  • DUBY, Georges. Dějiny Francie : od počátků po současnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 953 s. ISBN 8071845140. info
  • Histoire de la France :des origines a nos jours. Edited by Georges Duby. Paris: Larousse, 1999, 1258 s. ISBN 2-03-750060-2. info
  • DUBY, Georges. Histoire de la France : les temps nouveaux de 1852 á nos jours. Paris: Larousse, 1987, 685 s. ISBN 203720213X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Exam: written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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