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Lecturer(s)
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Valenta Zdeněk, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Slavonic area in present days and its development from the 5th to the 20th century. 2. Slavonic nations, macro-nations and micro-nations - its status in present days and retrospective. 3. Russia as the biggest state in the world and its national diversity. 4. Formation of one of the biggest cultures in Europe: literature (Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Sholokhov, Pasternak) - music (Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich), theatre and ballet, painting. 5. Western Ruthenia (Belarus, Ukraine) - "younger brothers". Russian theory of one Ruthenia and one nation through the ages and in the 20th century. Polish-Lithuanian Union (14th-18th century) and its role in Europeanization of this area. 6. Culture and language of Ukrainians and Byelorussians and their role in survival. 7. Poland as a potential power of Central Europe. Czech participation as the part of Europeanization (Christianity, education, language) 8. Slovakia - long-standing fight for its identity and statehood (own language - 19th century, own state - 20th century). Role of Hungary, comparison with Croatian state in the Hungarian empire. 9. The Balkans and its national diversity, role of Slavs in Germany. Bigger and smaller nations. South (Christian - Byzantine), west (national - Turkish) and east (cultural -European) influences. 10. Yugoslavia as the central power of the Balkans. Beginnings - the Illyrian movement (1830-1840). Yugoslav dream - beginning, development and fall (1918-1990). National mosaic and consequences of the decay. 11. Bulgaria as the oldest Slavonic empire (7th century), access of Volga Bulgarian, Slavicisation (Old Church Slavonic = cult of Old Bulgarian) and Christianization. 12. Serbia - expansion and fall (14th century), Turkish dominance (15th-19th century). The Illyrian movement as the main idea of cultural and language emancipation (V. Karadzic). The 20th century from the "imperial" nation of the south Slavonic empire to its fall which can be seen in present days (Kosovo loss as a national tragedy). 13. Croatia - independent identity in Hungary. West orientation considering Slavs. The Illyrian movement. Dalmatia, its slavicisation, its role in the cultural development (Benedictines /glagoláši/, theatre). 14. States of smaller nations: Slovenia and Macedonia, its sameness and diversity.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces students to the Slavonic issue as one of the key national elements in Europe from the cultural, religious, linguistic and political point of view. The subject pays attention to the language nearness of Slavs and the cultural, religious and political diversity according to the European measure. Problems of ruling ethnic groups, states and languages (macro-nations) or endangered nations and languages (micro-nations) can be considered as the introduction to the problems of the Europe-wide intercommunity and solidarity, i.e. the principle which the European community uses for the way to the modern Europe of the 21st century. Examination has a written form.
Students orientate in contemporary problems of Slavonic states and nations. Know an overview of the geographical, historical and cultural development of individual Slavonic nations.
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Prerequisites
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knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
attendance activity presentation test
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Recommended literature
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Cvejnová, J. Co chcete vědět o České republice. Praha: Karolinum, 1999.
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Davies, N. Polsko: dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Praha: Prostor, 2003.
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Hostička, V. Dějiny Ukrajiny. Praha: LN, 2013, 2013.
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Kováč, D. Dějiny Slovenska. Praha, 1998.
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Rychlík, J. Dějiny Bulharska. Praha: LN, 2000.
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Sahanovič, H. Dějiny Běloruska. Praha: LN, 2006.
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Šesták, M. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: LN, 1998.
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Švankmajer, M. Dějiny Ruska. Praha: LN, 1996.
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