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Lecturer(s)
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Horňáček Milan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Voda Eschgfäller Sabine, Mgr. Dr.
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Course content
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24.9 Hour Zero: Introduction Rubble Women? Returnees, Victim Myths Wolfgang Borchert: Die Küchenuhr (The Kitchen Clock) (1947) 01.10. Authority, Education, School Discipline and Order ? Educational Paths ? Comparison of FRG, GDR and Switzerland Herfried Münkler: Die Deutschen und ihre Mythen (The Germans and their Myths) (2009; excerpt) 08.10. Heimatfilms and their Significance Idyll vs. Reality ? Retreat into Privacy Film poster: Schwarzwaldmädel (Black Forest Girl) (1950) 15.10. Migration Guest workers? Post-migrant identity? Kanak Sprak Marc Felix Serrao: Ten years of 'We can do it' (NZZ, 26.8.2025) 22.10 The body in focus: norms, purity, movement Body images ? Norms Dundes: Chicken Coop Ladder, Chapter 3 29 October Pop culture in German-speaking countries Music, film, Jens Balzer: Pop. A Panorama of the Present (2016; excerpt) 05.11. Images of women in German-speaking countries Role models ? Emancipation ? Legislation Advertisement from the 1950s + Feiereisen excerpt 12.11. Humanitní týden Guest lecture, if applicable n.n. 19.11. Language, pop literature, stars after 2000 Pop literature ? Contemporary language ? Literary scene Excerpt: Dawidowski, Popliteratur, chap. 1.2 26.11. Culture of remembrance & Shoah NS memory ? Guilt, forms of remembrance Karl Jaspers: Die Schuldfrage (1946; excerpt) 02.12. Political landscape D/A Parties ? Media ? Right-wing populism ? Neutrality (CH/AT) Election posters / Press titles FRG and AT 09.12. Political myths Anti-fascist resistance, economic miracle Herfried Münkler: Die Deutschen und ihre Mythen (The Germans and their myths) (2009; excerpt) 16.12. Final test (written)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
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Learning outcomes
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This course consists of a 45-minute lecture and a 45-minute practice unit. Each lesson introduces one topic from German, Austrian or Swiss cultural history of the second half of the 20th or 21st century. During the practice unit, a literary or scholarly text will be read and discussed together. The aim should be to gain a more concrete approach to contemporary German-speaking culture and its aspects (artistic, political, social). At the end of the course there will be a written exam on the course content. The basis for this are the handouts and discussed texts, which students can find in Moodle.
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.
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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), Didactic Test
Attendance (max. 2 unexcused absences); active participation; test at the end of the semester (written)
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Recommended literature
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Brandes, Detlef. (2005). Der Weg zur Vertreibung 1938 - 1945. Pläne und Entscheidungen zum "Transfer" der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslowakei und aus Polen. München.
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Brandt, Ahasver von. (2007). Werkzeug des Historikers. Eine Einführung in die Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Stuttgart.
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Brunn, Gerhard. (2002). Die europäische Einigung. Stuttgart.
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Burckhardt, Jacob. (1995). Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien. Essen.
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Duchhardt, Heinz. (2003). Europa am Vorabend der Moderne 1650-1800. Stuttgart.
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Elias, Norbert. (1997). Über den Prozess der Zivilisation. 2. Bd.. Frankfurt a.M.
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Fisch, Jörg. (2002). Europa im Zeitalter von Wachstum und Gleichheit 1850-1914. Stuttgart.
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Gellner, Ernest. (1991). Nationalismus und Moderne. Berlin.
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Goetz, Hans Werner. (2000). Proseminar Geschichte: Mittelalter. Stuttgart.
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Görtemaker, Manfred. (1999). Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. München.
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Gründer, Horst. (2000). Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien. Paderborn.
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Hobsbawm, Eric. (1998). Das Zeitalter der Extreme. Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart.
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Kocka, Jürgen. (2001). Das lange 19. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart.
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Kolb, Eberhard. (1984). Die Weimarer Republik. München.
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Müller, Winfried. (2002). Die Aufklärung. München.
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Padberg, Lutz E. von. (2006). Christianisierung im Mittelalter. Darmstadt.
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Sellin, Volker. (2005). Einführung in die Geschichtswissenschaft. Göttingen.
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Siemann, Wolfram. (1995). Vom Staatenbund zum Nationalstaat - Deutschland 1806-1871. München.
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Sösemann, Bernd (Hrsg.). (2002). Der Nationalsozialismus und die deutsche Gesellschaft. München.
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Wildt, Michael. (2008). Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus. Göttingen.
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