Course: History of Modernity

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Course title History of Modernity
Course code KKTS/DMOD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kudláč Jakub, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Explaining the basic structure of modern thinking - Emphasis on typically modernist rational approach towards the world - Its traces in the field of art, literature, film and music - Comparing modern and postmodern and exploring the philosophy behind

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Analysis of a work of art
  • Home preparation for classes - 6 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No specific prerequisites
No specific prerequisites
learning outcomes
The student understands the conceptual pair of modern / postmodern. The student is able to apply this knowledge on specific works of art.
The student understands the conceptual pair of modern / postmodern. The student is able to apply this knowledge on specific works of art.
- understands the principles of modernist thinking
- understands the principles of modernist thinking
- understands the principles of postmodern thinking
- understands the principles of postmodern thinking
- understands the political connotations of postmodernism
- understands the political connotations of postmodernism
- understands the relationship of postmodern thinking to various areas of human activity
- understands the relationship of postmodern thinking to various areas of human activity
- sees art as organically related to philosophical background of society
- sees art as organically related to philosophical background of society
Skills
- can trace the relationship of postmodernism in action
- can trace the relationship of postmodernism in action
- resigns to the concept of a single truth
- resigns to the concept of a single truth
- can apply the principles of postmodern thinking in their work
- can apply the principles of postmodern thinking in their work
- can critically define themselves against postmodern concepts
- can critically define themselves against postmodern concepts
- can critically apply their knowledge to wider social discourse
- can critically apply their knowledge to wider social discourse
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Emile Zola. Nana.
  • Gál, Egon; Marcelli, Miroslav. Za zrkadlom moderny.
  • Michel Foucault. Dějiny šílenství.
  • René Descartes. Meditace o první filosofii.
  • Stuart Sim (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism.
  • Taylor, V. E.; Winquist, Ch. E. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Postmodernism. .


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