ZUR138 Introduction to the study of culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Zdeněk Havlíček (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Drahomíra Soldánová
Timetable
Mon 16. 2. to Sun 1. 3. Mon 12:00–13:30 Aula, Tue 3. 3. to Fri 15. 5. Mon 12:00–13:30 Aula
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
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Course objectives
The course provides the basic information on culture as a product and on the grammar of culture as a presupposition of human communicative behaviour. The course sets the context of cultural concepts and makes a system of the approaches to the history of culture. The course clarifies categories as (human) culture, cultural area, sub-culture, contra-culture, development of culture, cultural epoch, human communication, communication presuppositions and competences, communication technologies, media and medial contents, structural principles of culture (centrism), art, cultural trend, style, cultural traditions, sub-culture, cultural standards and values, cultural and artistic types and genres (formats), myths, rituals, values, and concepts of the world. It then provides criteria for periodization of cultural history. At the and of the course, the students will be able to understand that culture and its products form a text that can be read and understood if they know the ‘grammar’ of a culture and the ‘grammar’ of human communication.
Syllabus
  • 1st session: Cultural concept in social and cultural anthropology and in the theory of mass communication. Cultural paradigms and history of culture. 2nd session: Myths and rituals. Mythology and myths of the origin of the world. Art, traditions, artistic artefacts. 3rd session: Constructional principles of culture and art (epochs, cultural trends and tendencies). Polar constructional principles of culture (art) and developmental dynamism. 4th session: Arts, traditions, artistic artefacts. 5th session: Social and cultural space-time, hierarchy of cultural areas. Sub-cultures and contra-cultures. 6th session: Culture of antiquity. 7th session: Medieval culture. 8th session: Renaissance culture. 9th session: Culture of Baroque, Classicism, Rococo and Enlightment. 10th session: Culture of Romanticism, National Revival, Modernism and Art Noveau. 11th session: Modernism and Avant-garde. Artistic trends. Artistic groups and manifest. 12th session: Post-Modernism. 13th session: Final evaluation of the course.
Literature
  • Debicki, Jacek - Favre, Jean-François - Grünewald, Dietrich - Pimentel, Antonio Filipe: Dějiny umění. Malířství. Sochařství. Architektura. Praha : Argo, 1998.
  • Gombrich, Ernst Hans: Příběh umění. Praha : Argo : Mladá fronta, 1995.
  • Pavelka, Jiří - Pospíšil, Ivo: Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno : Nakladatelství Georgetown, 1993.
  • Petráň, Josef, a kol.: Dějiny umělecké kultury II.1. Praha : Karolinum, 1995.
  • Soukup, Václav: Přehled antropologických teorií kultury. Praha : Portál, 2000.
Assessment methods
lectures, four writtem work, paper, writtten test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Povinný předmět společného základu - povinný pro všechny studijní orientace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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