IJ1A012 Italian History and Culture II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Magdaléna Nahálková (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
IJ1A011 Italian History and Culture I
IJ1A011 Italian History and Culture I
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 aim of the course is to provide the student with an overview of Italian history from the eighteenth century to the present day, to draw attention to the characteristic features of Italian history, to cultural and artistic developments (painting, sculpture, architecture, music, film) and important events of recent decades.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to: -identify and summarize important features of Italian history since the 18th century; -confront historical development with cultural development and place the most important artists, cultural and political figures in a social and historical context; -orientation in the key events of the 20th and 21st centuries in Italy; - more detailed analysis of one of the key moments of Italian history/culture/art.
Syllabus
  • - 18.-19. century: Italy at the time of Napoleon, Risorgimento (Carbonaires, the process of the unification of Italy), neoclassicism; - United Italy, colonialism, migration; - Art at the turn of the century (Belle Epoque, Futurism); - First World War - Fascism - World War II - Post-war Italy (art - film, political situation); - The second half of the 20th century - The last decade
Literature
    required literature
  • PAVLÍČEK, Jan F. Dějiny Itálie. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017, 247 stran. ISBN 9788024452746. info
    recommended literature
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, xi, 572. ISBN 9788842110484. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, viii, stra. ISBN 9788842110484. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, x, 978. ISBN 9788842110477. info
  • GIARDINA, Andrea, Giovanni SABBATUCCI and Vittorio VIDOTTO. Nuovi profili storici : con percorsi di documenti e di critica storica. Prima edizione. Bari: Editori Laterza, 2012, x, 897. ISBN 9788842110378. info
    not specified
  • Web based and electronic resources: Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/cheesewormscosmo00ginz The Literary Encyclopedia https://www.litencyc.com
  • students will be provided with the reading materials to be studied each week
  • Anthony Blunt, Artistic Theory in Italy 1450-1600, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962 (some chapters).
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, reading.
Assessment methods
Written test and oral exam. The student will be admitted to the oral part of the exam only after successfully passing the written test. The written test will check the knowledge of the subject matter (65% is required). For the oral part, the student will prepare an interpretation of one of the key moments/currents/personalities of Italian history/culture/art according to their own preferences (the choice of topic must be consulted with the teacher during the semester).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předpokladem pro zápis předmětu je úspěšně složená zkouška z IJ1A011.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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