The Habsburg Nostalgia between Myth and Kitsch - YBAJ080

• Anglický název: The Habsburg Nostalgia between Myth and Kitsch
• Zajišťuje: Program Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Fakulta: Fakulta humanitních studií
• Platnost: od 2021
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:0/2, KZ [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (20)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Dr. habil. Adam Kożuchowski, Ph.D.; PhDr. Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D.

Anotace

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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D. (03.02.2021)

The Habsburg Nostalgia between Myth and Kitsch The dissolution of Austria-Hungary in 1918 caused almost no protests, to say nothing of resistance. And yet, democracy and the national self-determination, which were supposed to replace it, did not work particularly well in Central Europe after 1918, nor did the economy. The inter-war realities proved harsh enough for many Central- Europeans to look back at the time before 1914 with a rising sentimentality. There was a number of highly talented authors – such as Robert Musil, Joseph Roth, or Franz Werfel – who inspired this trend with their writings. Historians and essayists, and particularly those who fled the region because of Nazism and Communism – also had their doubts whether the dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy was beneficial for the region; however, the monarchy also had its passionate critics. After World War II the Habsburg nostalgia entered popular culture, dominated the tourist industry, and seriously influenced historical studies on the region. During this course, students will be faced with various aspects of the Habsburg’s image in historical narratives, essays, literary fiction, iconography, and films. One of the goals of this course is to provide its participants with an opportunity to analyze various genres as historical evidence.

Sylabus

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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D. (24.02.2021)

Information regarding the 2021 summer semester:

Courses will take place in the online MsTeams environment due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The link to join the MsTeams team for this subject will be distributed to all registered participants.

 

THE HABSBURG NOSTALGIA BETWEEN MYTH AND KITSCH

SYLLABUS

 

WEEK ONE: INTRODUCTION

 

WEEK TWO: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY in WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Hans Kohn: Was the Collapse Inevitable?

Joachim Remak: How Doomed the Habsburg Empire?

Robert Kann: The Defeat of Austria-Hungary in 1918 and the European Balance of Power

 

WEEK THREE: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY in HISTORIOGRAPHY of the SUCCESSOR STATES

Werner Suppanz: Supranationality and National Overlaps: the Habsburg Monarchy in Austrian Historiography after 1918

Tibor Frank: Conflicting Sovereignties: The Habsburg Monarchy in Hungarian Historiography

 

WEEK FOUR: HABSBURG ORPHANS

Stefan Zweig: The World of Yesterday, chapter 1

Franz Werfel: An Essay Upon the Meaning of Imperial Austria

 

WEEK FIVE: REQUIEM for the MONARCHY 1

Austeria by Jerzy Kawalerowicz

 

WEEK SIX: REQUIEM for the MONARCHY 2

Joseph Roth: The Radetzkymarch

 

WEEK SEVEN: The EMPIRE of SUBCONSCIOUSNESS

William Johnston: The Austrian Mind, chapters 15 and 16

Sara Grainham: The Habsburg Twilight, chapter 3

 

WEEK EIGHT: The LABORATORY of MODERNITY

Hermann Broch: Hugo von Hofmannstahl and His Time , part I, chapters 4 – 6.

Ernest Gellner: Wittgenstein, Malinowski, and the Habsburg Dilemma , part I, chapters 2 - 8

 

WEEK NINE: The LABORATORY of MODERNITY 2

Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities, vol. 1, chapters 8 and 21

Karl Kraus: The Last Days of Mankind, act IV, scene 31; scene 1 of acts I, II, III, IV, and V

 

WEEK TEN: The DEAD ARCHDUKE

Paul Miller: “The First Victim of the First World War”: Franz Ferdinand in Austrian Memory, in: Embers of Empire…

Colonel Redl by István Szabó

 

WEEK ELEVEN: The IMMORTAL EMPRESS

Mark Twain: The Memorable Assassination

Plus a Sisi movie of your choice!

 

WEEK TWELVE: FINAL EXAM

 

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D. (03.02.2021)

GRADING will be based on the following:

- mid-term exam and final exam (in writing, open questions) – 25% each
- active participation in class discussions
- an oral presentation of the assigned material – 50%

In case of more than two absences, additional work may be required.