| Course title | Ancient History |
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| Course code | KHI/XDSP |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Lecture series I (Paštrnák, Monday) focuses on main issues of cultural, economic, social, and political history of ancient Greece and Rome. 1. Antiquity within us? (terminology, chronology, relevance, approaches) 2. Geographic and climatic conditions 3. Agriculture, what a dirty job? Economics (agriculture, crafts, trade) 4. Who was a Greek and Roman? Citizens and the others (women, foreigners, barbarians) 5. Slavery: practice, philosophy and its (ab)uses 6. What's the best form of government? Political systems and ideology 7. War and peace 8. By Hercules! Gods, religions, and cults 9. "That woman has something terribly manly in herself." Sexualities a gender 10. Late Antiquity. Fall or continuity? Lecture series II (Pokorná, Thursday) 1. Classical tradition 2. Source of Greek art and culture in the Aegean world 3. Etrusco-Roman continuity in architecture and painting 4. Greek sense of order and symmetry 5. Art as a tool of propaganda 6. Thematic repertory of Greek art 7. Thematic repertory of Roman art 8. Development of classical sculpture and the issue of originals, replicas, and copies 9. Nudity in classical art 10. Polychromy in Greek sculpture 11. Origins of Greek urbanism, development of Hellenistic cities 12. Roman provincial art 13. Antiquity and Czech culture Further information will be disclosed during the introductory session and accessible via a Moodle e-learning course.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with selected themes from cultural, economic and social history of the antiquity.
Students will receive an overview of the cultural, political, economic and social history of the antiquity. PZ |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam
Exam requirements: discussion about reading list and about a question related to the history of the antiquity. PZ |
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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 Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB26) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB25) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB26) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB25) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |