NJI_08A Introduction to History and Culture of German speaking Countries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:40 K33
Prerequisites
The language skills at the B2 level and the willingness to orient oneself in the extensive text and film material on German history and German-Czech relations will be used.
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student will gain an overview of the history of the German-speaking areas from the end of the 18th century to the Nuremberg trial, familiarizing himself with selected chapters on the history of mentality, music, art and film history. The concern of the event is u. a. in contributing to the ability of listeners to discuss these questions in German.
Learning outcomes
The quality of the acquired knowledge and skills will be verified by a midtermtest and a final test. Their practical application will be a short presentation on a given topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Germany in the period of the French supremacy, Austria in the time of the Napoleonic wars. 2. Central Europe between 1815 and 1848.B. Bolzano. 3. Revolution 1848 4. History of the German speaking population in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the 19th century. 5. Bismarck's realpolitik of the "Iron Chancellor". German unification and its rapid economic growth. Nietzsche, Wagner, Houston Stewart Chamberlain. 6. Wilhelm II. ans austria after 1900. Schönerer, Karl Lueger, Theodor Herzl, Bertha von Suttner. 7. First World War and the reorganization in Europe after 1918. 8. Weimar Republic period. 9. Appointment Hitlers as chancellor, Day of Potsdam and the Enabling Act, dictatorship, Nazi Germany untill 1939. 10. Germans in Czechoslovakia - 1918 until the expulsion. 11. Invasion of Poland, France, Air War with England, Operation Barbarossa, Africa Campaign, Heinrich Himmler and the SS State, Wannsee Conference and "Final Solution of the Jewish Question", Concentration Camp, Stalingrad, "Total War" , Resistance, July 20, 1944, Yalta Conference. 12. Potsdam Agreement, Occupation Zones, Nuremberg Trial, The Expulsion After 1945.
Literature
  • MÜLLER, Helmut M., Karl-Friedrich KRIEGER and Hanna VOLLRATH. Schlaglichter der deutschen Geschichte. 2., aktualis. und erw. Aufl. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 1990, 480 s. ISBN 3893310649. info
  • Golo Mann: Deutsche Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Vydavatel: Rrankfurt: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1992 (14. Auflage). ISBN-10: 359611330X
  • SEIBT, Ferdinand. Deutschland und die Tschechen : Geschichte einer Nachbarschaft in der Mitte Europas. Völlstanding überarbeitete. München: Piper, 1993, 496 s. ISBN 3492116329. info
  • STANĚK, Tomáš. Perzekuce 1945 :perzekuce tzv. státně nespolehlivého obyvatelstva v českých zemích (mimo tábory a věznice) v květnu - srpnu 1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1996, 231 s. ISBN 80-85241-99-4. info
  • KURAL, Václav. Rozumět dějinám : vývoj česko-německých vztahů na našem území v letech 1848-1948. Edited by Zdeněk Beneš. 2. opr. vyd. Praha: Gallery, 2002, 304 s. ISBN 8086010600. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on the reading of relatively extensive materials and their comparison with corresponding episodes of the ZDF series The Germans (season 1 and 2) in the classroom. The students should learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the personalization of the German history, the importance of selecting visual material and the perspective from which the events are viewed. Cultural-historical topics are taken up in student short presentations. The new vocabulary and historical topography are tested regularly.
Assessment methods
A midterm test and a final test are graded, the quality of the home reading (one of the 11 available for selection) book titles) and the short presentations only as "passed / failed".
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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