Course: Nobility in 19th-21th century: Values memories, identities

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Course title Nobility in 19th-21th century: Values memories, identities
Course code KHI/XŠ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Švaříčková Slabáková Radmila, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
Nobility in the 19th century I - historiography, hierarchy, structure Nobility in the 19th century II - Relation between nobility and bougeoisie, their values, symbiosis or conflict, etc. Nobility in the 19th century III - Emotion, feelings, education Nobility in the 19th century IV - Death and burials Nobility in the 20th century Czech collective memory on nobility Symbolical capital of nobility - morals, honesty and memory Milestones and possiblities of life stories and biographies, present oral history Stories of suffering and heroism, film as a life story Narrative strategies of interviews with nobility Myth of nobility HF

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The goal of the course is to explore the history not only of (Czech) nobility in the 19th and the 20th centuries with the aim to understand the contemporary "myth" of nobility as it is held in Czech collective memory. Values and identity of nobility are the crucial matters for the knowledge of nobility collective memory as it was developped since the establishment of civil society and during the 20th century. The other parts of this memory are also contflicts of nobility and citiziens, a specific lifestyle of nobility ans its symbolical capital. Miliestones and possibilities of lifestories, memoirs and biographies will be examined at a theoretical and practical level and show another mirror to the myth of nobility. HF
Theoretical and practical competences - history of nobility, improvening in reading of kutrent etc. HF
Prerequisites
Knowledge of 19th and 20th centuries history at the level of state bachelor exam. Passive knowledge of German and English, reading of kurrent. HF

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog

Active participation in the classes. Obligatory readings for each class. HF
Recommended literature
  • Bezecný ZDeněk. (2005). Příliš uzavřená společnost. 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): History (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter