FF:JSB059 Balkans in the Czech Travelogu - Course Information

JSB059 The Balkans in the Czech Travelogues

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (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

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Balkan Languages and Literatures (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Balkan Languages and Literatures (programme FF, B-HS)
• Balkan Languages and Literatures (programme FF, N-FI)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Bulgarian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Bulgarian (programme FF, B-JBS_)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Croatian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Croatian (programme FF, B-JBS_)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Macedonian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Combined South-Slavonic Studies (programme FF, N-FI)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Slovenian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Slovenian (programme FF, B-JBS_)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Serbian Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Serbian (programme FF, B-JBS_)

Course objectives

Students become acquainted with Czech travelogues on the Balkans and their authors. In this way they learn about concrete situation and living culture of the Balkans from the 15th until the 20th century: everyday culture, ethnic and religious conditions etc. They master the fundamentals of critical work with this source.

Syllabus

• Personality of a traveler. Travelogue as a literary genre. Travelogue as a historical source. Analysis of the following travellers’ testimonies and experiences of the Balkans: Martin Kabátník, Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic, Kryštof Harant z Polžic, Vítězslav Hálek, Konstantin Jireček, Josef Holeček, Ludvík, Kuba, Josef Jakub Toužimský, Emanuel Fajt, Alois Knotek, Adolf Černý, František Přibil, Jan Svátek, Viktor Dvorský, Jiří Václav Daneš, Vladimír Sís, Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Miroslav Zikmund, Milena Holcová.

Literature

• MARTÍNEK, Jiří and Miloslav MARTÍNEK. Kdo byl kdo :naši cestovatelé a geografové. Illustrated by Jiří Hajný. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1998, 509 s. ISBN 80-85983-50-8. info
• KUNSKÝ, Josef. Čeští cestovatelé. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1961, 421 s. info
• KUNSKÝ, Josef. Čeští cestovatelé. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1961, 492 s. info
• RATAJ, Tomáš. České země ve stínu půlměsíce : obraz Turka v raně novověké literatuře z českých zemí. Vydání první. V Praze: Scriptorium, 2002, 423 stran. ISBN 808619731X. info
• JEZERNIK, Božidar. Divlja Evropa. Balkan u očima putnika sa Zapada. Beograd 2007.
• ŠÍSTEK, František. Junáci, horalé a lenoši : obraz Černé Hory a Černohorců v české společnosti, 1830-2006. Praha: Historický ústav, 2011, 290 stran. ISBN 9788072861842. info
• BOROVIČKA, Michael. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2010, 757 s. ISBN 9788074320330. info
• Náhradní obsah: JANOUŠEK, PAVEL a kolektiv. Dějiny české literatury 1945–1989 I–IV. Praha 2007–2008.
• HLADKÝ, Ladislav a kolektiv. Vztahy Čechů s národy a zeměmi jihovýchodní Evropy. Praha 2010.

Teaching methods

Lecture, commented reading of selected texts, study of literature.

Assessment methods

Active participation in seminars, regular attendance (50 %), oral exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.

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