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German and Austrian Culture in the 20th Century - JMM056
Title: Německá a rakouská kultura ve 20. století
Guaranteed by: Department of German and Austrian Studies (23-KNRS)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2016 to 2016
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 20 / 20 (12)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D.
Is incompatible with: JMM110
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Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)
The aim of the course is to study the development of culture in Germany and Austria in the 20th century. The core interest is the affirmative and negative confrontation of culture with Nazi regime and the question of pro-regime (propagandistic) and counter-regime (exile, inner emmigration, resistance) culture. The course is also dedicated to the conservative precursors of Nazi regime, left-wing intellectuals warning against the coming regime and postwar reflexions and question of guilt.
Aim of the course -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the culture of Germany and Austria in the 20th century as an important factor of society, overleaping to politics, social and economic spheres of life.

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

-       BECKER, Anette. "The Avant-Garde, Madness and the Great War". In Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 2000, p. 71-84.

-       CANALES, Jimena and HERSCHER, Andrew. "Criminal skins: Tattoos and Modern Architecture in the Work of Adolf Loos". In: Architectural History, Vol. 48, 2005, p. 235-256.

-       FALASCA-ZAMPONI, Simonetta. "Fascism and Aesthetics". In Constellations, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2008, p. 351-365.

-       HOERDER, Dirk. "Migration and Cultural Interaction across the Centuries". In German Politics and Society, Vol. 26, No. 2, Summer 2008, p. 1-23.

-       KLAUTKE, Egbert. "Urban History and Modernity in Central Europe" In The Historical Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2010, p. 177-195.

-       LE RIDER, Jacques. "Mitteleuropa, Zentraleuropa, Mittelosteuropa. A mental map of Central Europe". In European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2008, p. 155-169.

-       MOSSE, George L. "Fascist Aesthetics and Society: Some considerations". In Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 31, No. 2, April 1996, p. 245-252.

-       PAUCKER, Henri R. Neue Sachlichkeit, Literatur im "Dritten Reich" und im Exil. Stuttgart, 1977.

-       REUVENI, Gideon. "The ‘Crisis of the Book’ and German Society after the First World War" In: German History, Vol. 20, No. 4, p. 438-461.

-       ROSSOL, Nadine. "Performing the Nation: Sport, Spectacles and Aesthetics in Germany, 1926-1936". In Central European History, Vol. 43, 2010, p. 616-638.

-       SCHOEPS, Karl Heinz. Deutsche Literatur zwischen den Weltkriegen. III, Literatur im Dritten Reich. Bern, 1992.

-       SCHORSKE, Carl E. Fin-de-siècle Vienna, New York, 1980.

-       and all mendatory literature to the seminars

 

Teaching methods -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

Active presence in the seminar based on reading, oral presentation and oral exam based on seminar paper.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

Regular and active participation of students in the seminar, which encompasses regular reading of the mandatory texts to the covered topics (approx. 180 pages) and active discussion based on this reader. Oral presentation (20 minutes) on selected topic based on approx. 30 pages of texts. Oral examination based on defense of small seminar paper (10 pages max.).

Syllabus -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

1.     Introduction - formal aspects, definition of culture

2.     Otto Dix - George Grosz

3.     Paul Klee - Oskar Kokoschka

4.     Walter Gropius - Mies van der Rohe

5.     Leni Riefenstahl - Swing Kids

6.     Joseph Beuys - Gerhard Richter

7.     Wolf Biermann - Namenlos

8.     Wim Wenders - Tom Tykwer

9.     Hundertwasser - Norman Foster

10.   Kraftwerk - Totenhosen

11.   Karl Lagerfeld - Helmut Newton

12.  Conclusion and discussion

Entry requirements -
Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (16.09.2016)

Knowledge of German and English language, basic knowledge of contemporary history of Germany.

 
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