| Course title | German Cultural Studies - Seminar |
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| Course code | KGN/KS32 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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Seminars providing an overview of various expressions of German/Austrian/Swiss culture, history, history of ideas, history of arts, social, political and media events. The seminars and exercises consist in an interactive presentation of these topics based on collective reading of the texts concerned. Examples of the topics of individual seminars: Selected topics concerning the history of German speaking countries Selected topics concerning the culture of German speaking countries Media Texts as cultural documents
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work |
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Historical topics have enjoyed great popularity among comic authors (not only) in recent years: be it major historical upheavals such as the First World War or the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 'atmosphere' and culture of a particular era such as the Weimar Republic or West Berlin during the Cold War, private fates of more or less well-known personalities, the comic offers an excellent opportunity to convey complex historical processes as well as individual fates 'vividly'. The aim of the seminar is to familiarise students with the basics of comics analysis and at the same time to impart basic knowledge about central moments of 20th century German history using selected comics as examples. Reading: Jacques Tardi: Grabenkrieg; Jason Lutes: Berlin 1. Steinerne Stadt; Art Spiegelman: Maus; Reinhard Kleist: Der Boxer. Die wahre Geschichte des Hertzko Haft; Uli Lust: Flughunde; Jörg Ulbert: Gleisdreieck. Berlin 1981.
The seminar aims at introducing students to the problems, issues and methods used in certain disciplines the knowledge of which is essential for the study of the German society and culture. |
| Prerequisites |
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The seminar is intended for all students of the Palacký University. Students of other than German studies programme who sign up for this "course" can choose any actual seminar/exercises/lecture from the modular selection of the Department for German studies that belongs to the "Culture and Society" modulus - formerly called "Conversational exercises". Actual selection of all "Conversational exercises" courses including the timetable details is to be found before the beginning of each term on the departmental web pages www.germanistika.cz. ALL COURSES ARE TAUGHT IN GERMAN LANGUAGE!
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
Activity in seminars, short homework assignments during the semester. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2015) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2015) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019_24) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2017) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2017) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2017) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): German Philology (2022) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |