ESA913 European Culture Studies: Cultural Crises

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 N41, except Wed 15. 11.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
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
The aim is to present turning points in cultural history on the basis of specialist literature and selected works of art.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to have a basic orientation in several moments of crisis in European history, their (mainly political) causes and artistic representations.
Syllabus
  • The course consists of lectures and film presentations. The presentations are currently updated, as well as the lectures. For Fall 23 this is the structure: 9/27 lecture: Oswald Spengler 4 Oct. Aki Kaurismäki screening: The Man Without a Past 10/11 lecture: Hannah Arendt 10/18 screening: David Ondráček: Love in the Grave 25 Oct lecture: John Ruskin 11/1 screening: Hugo Berkeley, Osvalde Lewat: The Hunt for the Attic 8/11: Karl Marx, Suzi Gablik, Konrad Lorenz, Walter Benjamin 22 November screening: (to be announced) 29/11 lecture: Tony Judt 6 December screening: (to be announced)
Literature
  • JUDT, Tony. Zle se vede zemi : pojednání o naší současné nespokojenosti. Translated by Jakub Franěk. Vydání první. V Praze: Rybka Publishers, 2011, 191 stran. ISBN 9788087067321. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and film representations of the topics presented.
Assessment methods
The course will end with a written test on the knowledge of Tony Judt's book: The Wicked Earth. Selected Answers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky. Výuka bude zajištěna vždy v souladu s požadavky prevence: buď po skupinách, hybridně nebo distančně s využitím médií.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020.
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