PJ_51 Cultural and Social Topography of Poland

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Tuesday 15:50–17:25 M11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(20)
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The optionial course offers a basic geographic, economic, social and cultural characteristics of the Polish regions (voivodeships). The course provides an introduction to Polish life and institutions as well as to the development and cultural and social specifics of each region. Students will be able to explain, analyze and compare situation and specifics of the Polish voivodeships.
Syllabus
  • The territory of Poland for a better orientation we will divide - considering historical tradition, but also current administrative division of the country - into the six basic macro-regions:
  • 1. Pomerania (present-day West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
  • 2. Greater Poland (Greater Poland Voivodeship, Lubusz Voivodeship)
  • 3. Silesia (Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship)
  • 4. Lesser Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Lublin Voivodeship, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)
  • 5. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  • 6. Masovia and Podlasie (Masovian Voivodeshop, Łódź Voivodeship, Podlaskie Voivodeship)
Literature
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Eva. Polsko : průvodce do zahraničí. 1. vyd. Praha: Olympia, 2000, 193 s. ISBN 8070336455. info
  • LIJEWSKI, Teofil, Jerzy WYRZYKOWSKI and Bogdan MIKUŁOWSKI. Geografia turystyki Polski. Wyd. 4. zmienione. Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, 2002, 378 s. ISBN 8320813808. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Polsko :dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V čes. jaz. vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2003, 481 s., [8. ISBN 80-7260-083-4. info
  • CHAŁUPCZAK, Henryk and Tomacz BROWAREK. Mniejszości narodowe w Polsce : 1918-1995. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 1998, 323 s. ISBN 8322711913. info
  • ŚLIWIŃSKI, Piotr and Przemysław CZAPLIŃSKI. Literatura Polska, 1976-1998 : przewodnik po prozie i poezji. Wyd. 1. Kraów: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1999, 428 s. ISBN 8308028578. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Boj o Varšavu : povstání Poláků proti nacistům 1944. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2005, 684 s. ISBN 8072601474. info
  • SNYDER, Timothy. The reconstruction of nations : Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003, xv, 367. ISBN 0300095694. info
  • TABORSKI, Roman. Życie literackie młodopolskiej Warszawy. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1974. info
  • CZAPLIŃSKI, Marek. Historia Śląska. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 2002, 611 s. ISBN 8322922132. info
  • Dziedzictwo kulturowe Dolnego Śląska. Edited by Zygmunt Kłodnicki. Wrocław: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, 1996, 396 s. ISBN 839049146X. info
  • KUBIKOWSKI, Zbigniew. Wrocław literacki. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy Im. Ossolińskich, 1962. info
  • KOLBUSZEWSKI, Jacek. Krajobraz i kultura : Sudety w literaturze i kulturze polskiej. [Katowice]: Śląsk, 1985. ISBN 8321604765. info
  • KOLBUSZEWSKI, Jacek. Obraz Tatr w literaturze polskiej XIX wieku : 1805-1889 : funkcja artystyczna motywu przyrody. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1971. info
Teaching methods
Lectures are combined with class discussion, reading of texts, presentation skills (students are expected to complete an obligatory in-class presentation). Compulsory work with the e-learning environment of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (ELF).
Assessment methods
Assessment: participation (min. 70 %), obligatory presentation and seminar paper, final test (multiple-choice, student needs to score a minimum 65 % of possible points to pass).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se koná při zápisu min. 8 studentů.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2011.
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