ETMB30 German Minority in the Czech Lands

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Miloš Melzer, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Wednesday 12:30–14:05 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to describe the ethnogenesis of the German minority in the Czech lands and identify its traditional folk culture.
Syllabus
  • Outlining the history of German minority in Czech in the 13th century (big colonisation), 19th century – period of an increased national self-confidence transforming into nationalism of both the Germans and Czechs, WWI and foundation of ČSR – German minority in the new state, politics of parties defending the interests of German minority, separation of Sudeten areas in 1938, exile and expatriation of Czech Germans after 1945, Sudeten memory and forgettery, ethnography and folk culture in the areas of originally German settlements (border regions, language islands), persons of German ethnography – Adolf Hauffen, Gustav Jungbauer, Ernst Schwarz, Emil Lehmann, Josef Blau, Anton Altrichter and others, basic works of German ethnography and folk culture, periodicals, first information on the culture of Germans from the 18th and 19 century, features of folk cultures – spiritual and social culture features (folks literature, customs and traditions etc.), materialistic folk culture (housing, clothes, food, occupation etc.).
Literature
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk. Rec.: Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Nakl. MF, Praha 2007, 284 str. (Book review: Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Nakl. MF, Praha 2007, 284 str.). Archaeologia historica. Brno: MVS, AÚ AV ČR, ÚAM FF MU, 2008, vol. 33, No 1, p. 571-576. ISSN 0231-5823. info
  • FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 398 s. ISBN 8020407200. info
  • KŘEN, Jan. Konfliktní společenství : Češi a Němci 1780-1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1990, 508 s. ISBN 8020003371. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011.
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