VIETX3 History of Vietnam I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 12:30–14:05 K21
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand the periodisation of the older history of Vietnam. Students will have basic informations about the main eras of the history of Vietnam until the 19th century in the context of the political and cultural development of the South East Asia and the relations between Vietnam and China.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, periodisation of the older history of Vietnam. Prehistory. Theories of the origin of the contemporary ethnic groups. Đông Sơn culture, Au Lac kingdom. 2.-3. Indianisation of the Mainland Southeast Asia. Origin of Champa, Funan and their older history in the context of other Hinduistic kingdoms in the South East Asia. 4. Han conquest of the northern Vietnam. Nanyue. First rebellions against China. The Northern Vietnam under the Chinese rule. Important Sino-Vietnamese clans. 5. Development of the Vietnamese culture under Han and Tang dynasties. Buddhism in the Northern Vietnam. 6. Independence of the Northern Vietnam. Dynasty Ly. Fights with Chams. 7. Mongolian incursions (Northern Vietnam, Champa, South East Asia) 8. Dynasty Tran. Hồ Quý Ly. Influence of Confusianism on the Vietnamese culture. 9. Recent history of Champa 10. Ming China's dominance. Arrival of Europeans. 11. Tay Son insurection and Nguyen dynasty till the French colonization of Indochina
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVATÁ, Lucie. Dějiny Vietnamu. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 357 s. ISBN 9788071069652. info
    recommended literature
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Petra. Vietnam. Praha: Libri, 2004.
  • NGUYEN, Khac Vien. Vietnam. A Long History. Hanoi: The Gioi Publishers, 1993.
  • MASPERO, Georges. Le royaume de Champa. Paris – Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. van Oest, 1928.
Teaching methods
Lectures (according to the number and background of participants accompanied by authentic sources)
Assessment methods
Short written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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