ETBB69 The Czech Urge to Travel

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (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 odd Tuesday 15:50–17:25 J31
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
Travelling has a long tradition in the Czech countries. Origins of the Czech expeditions beyond the homeland borders fall up into the Middle Ages. In the course of the centuries, they visited not only the particular European countries, but also the countries of Asia, Africa or America. Many of them left witness of their travels and experiences in a written form. This one-semestral course will inform students about these personalities, about motifs of their travels (business, desire for knowledge and adventures, political motifs), about their experience, but also about interpretation of life, cultural practice and conditions in the foreign countries of Europe, Asia, Africa as well as America. The personalities, whose travelling books and notes (mostly within the range from the 13th till the 19th century) will be utilized within the course, are as follows: Oldřich Čech of Furlánsko, Václav Šašek of Bířkov, Martin Kabátník, Zdeněk Brtnický of Valdštejn, Bedřich of Donín, Oldřich Prefát of Vlkanov, Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice, Ota of Nostice, Lev Vilém of Kounice, Heřman Četnín of Chudenice, Josef Neumann, Jan Ferdinand Körning, Jindřich Hýzrle of Chody, members of the Society of Jesus.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Middle Ages - expeditions to Asia 3.-4. Middle Ages and early Modern Age - expeditions to Holy Land 5. Diplomatic missions of Jiří z Poděbrad 6. Expeditions and cavalier driving through the countries of Western Europe in the 16th and 17 century 7. expedition to the east and southeast Europe in the 16th and 17 century 8. Jesuit missions in America 9. Jesuit mission in the Asia
Literature
  • Česká touha cestovatelská : cestopisy, deníky a listy ze 17. století. Translated by Josef Polišenský - Simona Binková - Václav Bahník - Jiří Be. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 493 stran. info
  • KUNSKÝ, Josef. Čeští cestovatelé. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1961, 492 s. info
  • KUNSKÝ, Josef. Čeští cestovatelé. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1961, 421 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks, reading
Assessment methods
homeworks, written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008.
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