BKA327 Ethnology of the Balkans II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 16:40–19:05 C11bezkodu
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BKA107 Ethnology of the Balkans
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 presents folk and everyday culture as an autonomous culture as well as a valuable part of history and present. Students get acquainted with the Balkan ethnocultural traditions, their sources, formation and manifestations from the period of the national emancipation to the present. They also get introduced to the second existence of folk culture – „folklorism“. They acquire basic ethnologic terminology and learn to differentiate between various ethnologic interpretational approaches and theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition and features of folk and everyday culture. Folk culture as an integral part of cultural heritage. Folklorism 2. Syncretism of new culture. Balkan perceptions of new approaches in European scholarship: conception of the Mediterranean, everyday culture, private and public life (Fernand Braudel, Annales, Richard van Dülmen, Peter Burke, Klaus Roth). Traditional classification of folk culture 3.–5. Art culture 6.–7. Spiritual culture 8.–10. Material culture 11.–13. Social culture
Literature
  • BURKE, Peter. Lidová kultura v raně novověké Evropě. Translated by Markéta Křížová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 374 s. ISBN 8072036386. info
  • Bulharsko, země a lid : průvodce po výstavě v národopisném oddělení Národního musea v Praze, červen - září 1938 (Variant.) : Výstava Bulharsko, země a lid : červen - září 1938, ... v národopisném oddělení Národního musea v Praze. info
  • KUBA, Ludvík. Čtení o Bosně a Hercegovině : cesty a studie z roků 1893-1896. V Praze: Družstevní práce, 1937, 232 s. info
  • MURPHY, Robert Francis. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Translated by Hana Červinková. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 268 s. ISBN 9788086429250. info
  • LEŠČÁK, Milan and Oldřich SIROVÁTKA. Folklór a folkloristika : (o ľudovej slovesnosti). Bratislava: Smena, 1982, 263 s. info
  • Frolec, Václav. Kulturní prostor střední a jihovýchodní Evropy: dimenze lidové kultury. Ethnologia Auropae Cntralis 1, 1992, s. 11–23
  • Bočková, Helena. Vícedílný dvůr na Balkáně – specifický fenomén mediteránní tradice v Evropě. Český lid 95, 2008, s. 191–209.
  • Kadlec, Karel. Rodinný nedíl čili zádruha v právu slovanském. Praha: vlastním nákladem 1898, zjm. s. 1–49, 126–136.
  • Srbská národní epika. Translated by Josef Holeček. V Praze: J. Otto, 1926. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, literature study, presentations of papers, field research, survey report
Assessment methods
Students verify the acquired knowledge through the research on the persistence of ethnocultural folk traditions in families with ancestors from the Balkans and in associations of the Balkan minorities in Czechia. A prerequisite for the exam is handing in a research paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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