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Lecturer(s)
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Černík Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Hain Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jirsa Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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26. 9. Introduction (Eliška Kubartová) 3. 10. Theatre Without the Stage: Czech Medieval Cultural Performance (Eliška Kubartová) 10. 10. Czech TV Streaming Services (Klára Feikusová) 17. 10. Václav Havel: Politician, Dissident, Playwright (Eliška Kubartová) 24. 10. Ethnic and Regional Identities in Czech and Slovak Film (Nicholas D. Hudac) 31. 10. Climate Crisis, Environmental Sustainability and the Czech Performing Arts (Martin Bernátek) 7. 11. The Mathematician of Crime and the Others. Investigation and True Crime in Czech Audio Podcast (Andrea Hanáčková) 14. 11. Ostalgia in Czech Films After 1989 (Jan Černík) 21. 11. Rapping a Scandal: Czech Music Videos Doing Politics (Tomáš Jirsa) 28. 11. LGBTQ+ representation in Czech television (and) streaming services (Anna Bílá) 5. 12. Postfordism and (Czech) Cultural Institutions (Martin Bernátek)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to broaden the students' understanding of Czech culture in the 20th and 21st centuries with an overlap into the more distant past (the Middle Ages). Students will be introduced to audiovisual and performative works, events and phenomena that are presented in their aesthetic, socio-political and historical contexts. Frontal teaching is complemented by non-frontal activities, especially class discussions on particular issues and works, in order to give students a more personal and concrete experience of the topics discussed.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to: - name and explain selected tendencies in Czech culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, especially in the audio-visual and performative culture; - analyse selected artistic works (movies, podcasts, theatrical performances, cultural performances) and contextualize them in political and social history.
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisites.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
- Class attendance (min. of 70%). - Home work (reading; watching films and performance recordings; listening to audio-formats). - Active participation in class discussion. - Final colloquium (10 minute spoken presentation on a topic selected from the issues discussed in the course; discussion).
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Recommended literature
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Adam Whybray. (2020). The Art of Czech Animation: A History of Political Dissent and Allegory. London/New York.
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Alfred Thomas. (1998). Anne's Bohemia: Czech Literature and Society, 1310-1420. Minneapolis/London.
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Filipová, Marta. (2020). Modernity, History, and Politics in Czech Art. New York.
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Matthias Schwartz, Heike Winkel. (2016). Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context. New York.
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Mazierska, H. Popular Music in Eastern Europe. London: Palgrave, 2016.
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Morganová, Pavlína. (2014). Czech Action Art: Happenings, Actions, Events, Land Art, Body Art and Performance Art Behind the Iron Curtain. Praha.
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Peter Hames. (2010). Czech and Slovak Cinema. Edinburgh.
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Petr Szczepanik, ?Michael Curtin, ?Paul McDonald. (2021). Screen Industries in East-Central Europe.
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