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Central European Culture from the 19th Century to 1945 - JMBZ289

Title:	Central European Culture from the 19th Century to 1945
Guaranteed by:	Department of German and Austrian Studies (23-KNRS)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2016 to 2016
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	15 / 15 (20)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
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 pre-requisite for:	JMBZ291

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Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

The most important changes of Central European societies can be studied on example of culture. The course will cover the end of traditions in the second half of the 19th century, reactions to the traumatic experience of WWI, appearence of new media and mass culture in the interwar period, official and counter-official culture during the WWII. The course is non-descriptional, it concentrates only on selected key areas of culture and art.

Aim of the course -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

The aim of the seminar is to teach students the basic knowledge about the development of culture in the central Europe in the second half of 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The course understands culture as a widely defined social space, alternative to politics. Art styles covered by the course are literature, but to some extent also film, photography or architecture.

Literature -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

- 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.

Teaching methods -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

Active participation in seminars based on reading, oral presentation and oral exam based on a seminar paper.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (12.10.2018)

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.).

Classification on the scale A-F:

91 % and more => A - excellent
81-90 % => B - very good
71-80 % => C - good
61-70 % => D - average
51-60 % => E - acceptable
0-50 % => F - failed

Syllabus -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

1. Introduction - formal requirements, definitions of Culture and Central Europe

2. Bildungsbürgertum as a phenomenon in 19th Century in German speaking countries

3. Citizen culture and challenges of Modernity at the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries

4. Modern art at the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries - example of Achitecture

5. Multiculturalism as a heritage of Habsburg Monarchy?

6. Reflections of WWI in Culture and Art

7. New Media: development of press and book market, radio and film

8. Sport in the interwar period as a cultural phenomenon

9. "Popular Culture" for "Mass Society"?

10. Nazi cultural policy

11. Opposition and exile during the Nazi regime

12. Final conclusion and discussion

Entry requirements -

Last update: PhDr. David Emler, Ph.D. (08.10.2018)

Knowledge of English, basic knowledge of contemporary history at grammar school level. This course is mandatory for Czech-German Studies (CNS), students of other programmes will be enrolled only with teachers permission.