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Lecturer(s)
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Pazderka Radek, Mgr.
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Ulman Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topics: 1. Meiji Restauration and transformation of the feudal society 2. Political system in Meiji era 3. Sino-Japanese and Russian-Japanese wars 4. Annexation of Korea, Japan until 1930 5. Japan in the 1930s 6. Japan in World War 2 7. Postwar occupation of Japan, reforms 8. End of occupation, Japan in the 1950s 9. Japan in the 1960s and 1970s (Nixon's shocks, oil crises) 10. Japan at the turn of 1970s and 1980s 11. Bubble economy, Japan in the 1990s, after the end of Cold War 12. The turn of millenia
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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This course provides the students with an overview of Japanese history in the 19th, 20th and 21st century - from the late Tokugawa period until present day. The course presents the development of home affairs in Japan, as well as the relations to the Asian continent, and it introduces the East-Asian periodosation and kanji transcription of basic terminology and names to the students.
Upon successful completion of the course students will have a good knowledge of the historical development in Japan from Meiji Restauration until present day.
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Prerequisites
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The course is designed for students of the Bachelor´s programme of Japanese Philology.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Written exam, Seminar Work
reading (cca 400 pages), written essay, test
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Recommended literature
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(1988). Cambridge History of Japan. Vol.1-6. Cambridge.
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(1979). Kokushi daijiten (Velký slovník národních dějin). Vol.1-15. Tokyo.
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BIX, H.P. (2002). Hirohito a vznik moderního Japonska. Praha: BB art.
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HOYT, E.P. (2000). Japonsko ve válce. Velký pacifický konflikt.. Ostrava: Oldag.
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Lu, J. (1997). Japan. A Documentary History. New York.
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MASON, R. - CAIGER, J. (2007). Dějiny Japonska. Praha: Fighters Publications.
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Mass, J.; Hauser, W. (1985). Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford.
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Myers, R.; Peattie, M. (1984). Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945. Princeton.
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Reischauer, E.O.;Craig, A.M. (2000). Dějiny Japonska. Praha.
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STOCKWIN, J.A.A. (2003). .: Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. London & New York: RoutledgeCurzon.
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Vasiljevová, Z. (1986). Dějiny Japonska. Praha.
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