BKP001 History and Culture of South Slavonic Orthodox Nations until 1914

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 13:20–15:45 G23
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
Course objectives
Target of the subject, primarily destined to the students of Serbian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian languages and literatures, is to become familiar with the history and culture at the territory of Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina since the exodus of Slavs to Balkans within Balkan wars (1912–1913). This way the students acquire complex survey in historical and cultural development of the south-eastern Europe as well as arguing skill in these matters.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient heritage and Byzantine Empire, coming of Slavs to Balkans and early Slavonic states 2. Golden age of Bulgarian Empire – first Bulgarian czardom. 3. Bloom of medieval Serbian state. 4. Expansion and downfall of second Bulgarian czardom (culture, political development within 1392). 5. Ottoman invasion to Balkans and twilight of medieval Slavonic Balkan states (characteristics of Ottomans and their expansive power, turn point battles and genesis of Kosovo myth, die away of Serbian statehood.) 6. Medieval Bosnia 7. Balkans within the framework of Ottoman Empire (political, cultural and social characterization in peak Ottoman era, position of non-Moslem inhabitants and its culture, Islamization, church issues, resistance against Ottoman power). 8. Wars of Austrian monarchy and Russia with Ottoman Empire, migration of inhabitants, specific development in Montenegro. 9. National awakening and national-emancipation movements of Balkan Slavonic nations (Serbian cultural center in southern Hungary and its influence to national revival of Balkan Orthodox nations, trial in reforms of Turkish state, Serbian uprisings and establishment of Serbian autonomy and Serbian national program, Bulgarian national revival) 10. Great eastern crisis, congress of Berlin and its consequences. 11. Macedonian and Bosnian issue. 12. Political development in Serbia ad Bulgaria at the turn point of 19th and 20th centuries, Yung Turkish revolutions, Balkan alliance and Balkan wars.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan. Dějiny Bulharska. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2002, 516 s. ISBN 8071064971. info
    recommended literature
  • PELIKÁN, Jan. Dějiny Srbska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 670 s. ISBN 8071066710. info
  • HLADKÝ, Ladislav. Bosenská otázka v 19. a 20. století. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2005, 388 s. ISBN 8021036745. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan and Miroslav KOUBA. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 458 s. ISBN 80-7106-642-7. info
  • HITZEL, Frédéric. Osmanská říše : 15.-18. století. Translated by Margarita Štěpánková Troševa - Petr Štěpánek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 303 s. ISBN 8071065676. info
  • GLENNY, Misha. Balkán, 1804-1999 : nacionalismus, válka a velmoci. Translated by Olga Kovářová - Martin Kovář. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: BB art, 2003, 547 s. ISBN 8072579762. info
  • PALMER, Alan. Úpadek a pád Osmanské říše. Translated by Olga Kovářová - Martin Kovář. Vyd. 1. Praha: Panevropa, 1996, 351 s., [8. ISBN 80-85846-05-5. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Východní otázka. Od počátků do konce 60. let 19. století (Eastern question. From the beginnings to the end of the 60s of the 19th century). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 148 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7419-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • HAVLÍK, Lubomír Emil. Slovanské státní útvary raného středověku : politické postavení, společenská a vládní organizace státních útvarů ve východní, střední a jihovýchodní Evropě od 8. do 11. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, 250 s. URL info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Byzantské misie u slovanů. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1970. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Zrod střední a východní Evropy :mezi Byzancí a Římem. Translated by Petr Slunéčko. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1999, 525 s. ISBN 80-7260-005-2. info
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Makedonie. Obrození nebo zrození národa? In Makedonie. Obrození nebo zrození národa? Boskovice: Albert, 1995. ISBN 80-85834-29-4. info
  • WEITHMANN, Michael W. Balkán : 2000 let mezi východem a západem. Translated by Jan Souček - Růžena Dostálová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996, 431 s. ISBN 8070211997. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading.
Assessment methods
Oral examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the discipline, or in the work of the main representatives of the scholarly discourse, and at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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