ETBA136 Slavic: ethnology and slavistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Navrátilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Barbora Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
As part of the compulsory courses of the Bachelor's degree, the student takes either ETBA109 Systematics in Folk Culture or ETBA136 Slavic: Ethnology and Slavic Studies.
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 course Slavs: Ethnology and Slavic Studies presents an insight into the problems of Slavonic studies in the historical context and in the present. It introduces students to the basic pillars of Slavic Studies as an interdisciplinary field and provides a basic overview of the ethnogenesis of contemporary Slavic peoples in Europe. It also deals with research on the material, spiritual and social culture of the ancient Slavics.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be oriented in Slavonic studies from the perspective of history, archaeology, linguistics and ethnology. The student will be able to describe the ethnogenesis of the Slavic peoples in Europe, the classification of the Slavs (trichotomous division), and give an overview of research on the material, spiritual and social culture of the ancient Slavs.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study of the Slavs - Slavonic studies, approaches, context of the time, view of individual disciplines on Slavs (archaeology, history, linguistics, ethnology), interdisciplinary approach
  • 2. Historical excursus, earliest written sources on the Slavs
  • 3. Linguistics, Proto-Slavic, Slavic languages today
  • 4. Slavs and ethnology - research into the material, spiritual and social culture of the ancient Slavs
  • 5. Ethnogenesis of Slavic peoples - trichotomous division (Western, Eastern and Southern Slavs)
Teaching methods
Lecture, e-learning, independent work of students
Assessment methods
Independent work of students - presentation, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Přednáška se vztahuje pouze na studenty přijaté od září 2021.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednáška se vztahuje pouze na studenty přijaté od září 2021
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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