FF:FJIB504 History of Belgian and Luxemb.

FJIB504 History of Belgian and Luxembourg

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Tue 11:40–13:15 zruseno D31

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

there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course builds on the program of Introduction I and II.

Syllabus

The lectures are devoted to francophone countries in Europe. Belgium: introduction to geography, economy, politics, history of Belgium as part of various state formations from Roman times to the emergence of Belgium, culture of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque period. Belgium in the 19th century and the transition to a liberal constitutional monarchy. Belgium during WWI and after, WWII, The Benelux and European integration, the Walloons and the Flemish, significant Belgian artists and writers of the 19th and 20th century. Switzerland: Introduction to geography, economy and culture, the emergence of the Swiss Confederacy and struggle against the Hapsburgs, the Burgundian Wars and enlarging the Confederation, from the Reformation to the Peace of Westphalia, the influence of the French Revolution and Napoleonic France, from the Congress of Vienna to the Sonderbund War, Swiss neutrality in the 19th and 20th century, the cultural status of francophone Switzerland and famous figures.

Literature

ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Úvod do dějin a kultury frankofonních zemí : (Belgie, Lucembursko, Švýcarsko, Kanada). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 89 s. ISBN 8021010606. info

Assessment methods

Examination – oral. Lecture attendance is not mandatory.

Language of instruction

French

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednost u zápisu mají posluchači romanistických oborů.