US_129 Gentleman 1880-1938

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 zruseno D22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/220, only registered: 0/220, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/220
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lectures will focus on study of influential Czech social, cultural and artistic magazines from the period between 1880 and 1938. The aim of the lecture cycle will be to make the students familiar with those titles that are freguently left out andsometimes almost forgotten, titles which prove gradual emancipation and growth of the cultural standard of the Czech nation in the last desades of the Austro- HUngarian Empire and during the First Republic. The students will become acquainted not only with the main artistic currents but also with the changes of lifestyle and mentality in the Czech society of that period.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the topic. Humoristické listy. Personality of the publisher Richard Vilímek. 2) Zlatá Praha and Světozor. Personality of the publisher Jan Otto. 3) Český svět.The magazine that might have given birth to Jára Cimrman. 4) Smích republiky or the ilision of the newly born Czechoslovakia as a sweetheart of the superpowers. 5) Salon - a review of the middle class in the 1920s. A magazine that mirrors the lifestyle change of its time. 6) Pestrý týden - an ilustrated magazine for every family. Higher standard of Czech journalism of the 1920s. and 1930s. 7) Gentleman and Eva - reviews for a modern man and a modern women, reflecting the lifestyle and social trends of the 1920s. and 1930s. 8) Měsíc and Der Monat - a unique project of a Czech-German review in the history of Czech journalism. Glamour as well as tension of the 1920s. Personality of the magazine editor Bohuslav Kilian. 9) Volné směry and Žijeme - top artistic and cultural reviews of the First Republic era. 10) Bytová kultura, Stavba and Horizont - specialized architectural reviews. The issues of housing culture and lifestyle in the Czechoslovakia during the First Republic. 11) Revolver letters and unassuming magazines for wide masses - Zub, Lucerna, Proud, Komár, Život města/Za lepším životem and Výběr. Hopes, desires and frustrations of the lower alasses of the Czech society during the First Republic. 12) The phenomenon of Rodokaps - pulp fictions and magazines of the 1930s. and 1940s. A crusade against pulp fiction from the end of the First Republic to the 1950s.
Literature
  • Josef Richard Vilímek: Ze zašlých dob. Praha 1908.
  • Josef Kroutvor: Potíže s dějinami - eseje. Praha 1990.
  • Bronislava Gabrielová, Bohumil Marčák: Kapitoly z dějin brněnských časopisů I. Brno 1999
  • Bronislava Gabrielová, Bohumil Marčák: Kapitoly z dějin brněnských časopisů II. Brno 2003.
  • Jaromír Kubíček, Zdeněk Šimeček: Brněnské noviny a časopisy od doby nejstarší až do roku 1975. Brno 1976.
  • Jaromír Kubíček: Bibliografie novin a časopisů na Moravě a ve Slezsku v letech 1918-1945.
  • Zdeněk Kárník: České země v éře první republiky. Praha 2000.
  • Miroslav Jeřábek:Brněnské kulturní časopisy 20. let jako projev rozmachu českého Brna. In: Československo 1918-1938. Osudy demokracie ve střední Evropě. Praha 1999.
  • Miroslav Jeřábek: První léta brněnské kulturní revue Salon (1922-1925). In: Časopis Matice moravské č. 2/2001.
  • Miroslav Jeřábek: Bohuslav Kilian - polozapomenutý vydavatel časopisů, bonviván, milovník života a umění... In: Host, měsíčník pro literaturu a čtenáře, č.8/2002.
  • Julius Firt: Knihy a osudy. Brno 1991.
  • Pavel Janáček: Svět rodokapsu. Praha 2002.
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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