Course: Czech language during the Socialist period (1948-1989)

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Course title Czech language during the Socialist period (1948-1989)
Course code KBH/VCSOC
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bláha Ondřej, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Changes in ethnic structure of Czech lands after World War II 2. Changes of symbolic functions of Czech language after World War II 3. Relationship between the "domectic" and "borrowed" in the lexcon (germanisms, rusisms, europeisms) 4. Development processes in the word formation 5. Contacts between the Czech language and languages of minorities 6. Impact of social changes in the lexicon 7. Modification of stylistic and communication norms in Czech language 8. Impact of scientific, technical and culutural progress in lexicon 9. Development processes in the syntax of simple sentence 10. Development processes in the syntax of compound sentence 11. Development processes in noun and verbal inflection 12. Development processes in phonology and orthoepy

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course deals with changes of Czech language during building, reforming, "normalization" and decline of socialism in Czechoslovakia. Using the authentic material (publicistic texts, radio and TV programmes, fiction etc.) and with regard to the general changes in the situation of Czech language from 1948 to 1989 the course analyses the main development processes - whether the processes stimulated by extralinguistic factors or the imanent development processes that have their roots in language structure. All the linguistic facts are being presented in wider context of cultural, economical and political development of the socialistic Czechoslovakia.
Student will acquire the overview in relations between development of society and development of language, characteristics of mechanism of language change included. The course also offers complex informations about Czech cultural history that could be useful in study of history of Czech literature. The important topic here is depicting of essences of the totality and the means that totalitarian regime uses to manipulate and to enslave the people.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in linguistic terminology and basic orientation in Czech history (20th century).

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Systematic Observation of Student

Active participation in class, presentation of own research (commentated analysis of selected publicistic or fiction text from 1948 to 1989).
Recommended literature
  • BRALCZYK, Jerzy. (1987). O języku polskiej propagandy politycznej lat siedemdziesiątych. Stockholm.
  • ČERMÁK, František et al., eds. (2010). Slovník komunistické totality. Praha.
  • Fidelius, P. (1998). Řeč komunistické moci. Praha.
  • GEYER, Michael - FITZPATRICKOVÁ, Sheila, eds. (2012). Za obzor totalitarismu: srovnání stalinismu a nacismu. Praha.
  • JELÍNEK, Milan. Spisovná čeština po roce 1945. In: ZÁVODSKÝ, Artur, ed. Vám poděkování a lásku vám. Praha: SPN, 1960, s. 139-166..
  • Klemperer, V. (2003). Jazyk Třetí říše - LTI: poznámky filologovy. Jinočany.
  • Kořenský, J. a kol. Český jazyk. Najnowsze dzieje języków słowiańskich. Opole 1998..
  • LOTKO, E. (2009). Srovnávací a bohemistické studie. Olomouc.
  • Macura, V. et al. (2008). Šťastný věk (a jiné studie o socialistické kultuře. Praha.
  • RÖHRICH, Alex. (2008). Ideologie, jazyky, texty: analýza a interpretace textů Rudého práva z roku 1953 a 1975 a Práva z roku 1997. Liberec.
  • TEXLER, Jiří. (1996). Despotický socialismus: selhání utopie. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -