RLB76 "Hollywood" Buddhism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Mon 18:20–19:55 22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with Euro-American fascination by "Tibet", "Buddhism" and generally speaking "Orient". Earlier in the history, Tibet was seen in a rather negative context, mediated first of all by reports of Christian missionaries or by biased ideological interpretations. For today s "Western" view idealisation is typical, and it is represented in films, music and literature. In theory we can speak of the phenomenon of "Orientalism" in the reflection of Tibetan Buddhism, which is projected into films and novels. The course mainly deals with the analysis of these novels and films. After theoretical and methodological introduction selected films and novels are critically analysed (Lost Horizon, Kundun, Seven Years in Tibet, The Cup, Himalaya-Caravane, Little Buddha, Anna and the King etc.)
Literature
  • Schell Orville, Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood, New York: Metropolitan Books 2000
  • Dodin Thierry - Heinz Rather, Imagining Tibet: Perceptions, Projections, and Fantasies, Boston: Wisdom 2001.
  • LOPEZ, Donald S. Prisoners of Shangri-La : Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, x, 283. ISBN 0226493105. info
  • Lopez, Donald S. (ed.). Curators of the Buddha : the study of Buddhism under colonialism. Illinois : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  • Batchelor, Stephen. The awakening of the West : the encounter of Buddhism and Western culture. London : Aquarian, 1994.
  • KING, Richard. Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and "the mystic East". London: Routledge, 1999, viii, 283. ISBN 0415202582. info
  • SAID, Edward W. Orientalism. London: Penguin Books, 1995, xi, 396 s. ISBN 0-14-023867-0. info
  • Macfie Alexander Lyon, Orientalism, London: Longman 2002.
  • Macfie Alexander Lyon (ed.), Orientalism: A Reader, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2000.
  • Slobodník, Martin - Gabriel Pirický (eds.) Fascinácia a (ne)poznanie: Kultúrne strety Západu a Východu, Bratislava: Chronos 2003
  • Lenoir Frederic, Setkávání buddhismu se Západem, Praha: Volvox Globator 2002
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Vstupní podmínky kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2004, recent)
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