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Course: Czechoslovak History since 1945

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Course title Czechoslovak History since 1945
Course code KHI/ČS45
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Morávková Naděžda, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
  • Breitfelder Miroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. People's democracy in Czechoslovakia 1945 - 1948. Decrees, postwar purification, retribution, the expulsion of Sudeten Germans. Rise of National Front and its political system. 2. Power collision of non-Communist parties with the Communists in February 1948. 3. Communist terror and murders in 1950s. Concentration camps. 4. Collectivization and the attempted destruction of the Catholic Church. 5. Third (anti-communist) resistance at home and in exile. 6. Monetary Reform and the attempt of rebellion in June 1953. 7. Cosmetic de-Stalinization after the XX. congress of the CPSU. The II. Congress of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers. 8. Economic collapse and attemps of reform in the 1960s: ?Socialism with a human face? - Dubcek and co. The IV. Congress of Czechoslovak Writers. 9. The invasion and occupation in August 1968. 10. Husak and normalization 1969 - 1989. Common life of socialist man. 11. Origins and development of dissident groups in the 1970s. Not only the Charter 77. 12. Breakdown of the communist dictatorship in the years 1985 - 1989. Jakes and co.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
  • Contact hours - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Solidly orientated in the world history of the first half of the XX. centuries, to know the history of the First Republic and their relationship to post-war development. Recommended courses in Czechoslovak History 1918 - 1945 and General History (1918 - 1945).
Skills
Critically work with literature, editions of sources, archive materials, memoirs, contemporary press, search for relevant links on the Internet and critically evaluate them.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Recognize the new direction of post-war Czechoslovakia. Compare "folk" and real democracy. To evaluate the possibilities of non-communist forces in the struggle against the communist dictatorship. Describe methods of communist terror and compare them with methods of national socialism. Clarify the differences between the terror of the 1950s and so-called normalization. Explain the economic, social, cultural and national causes and circumstances of the attempt to reform communism (Prague Spring) and their international context. Describe and exemplify common life for normalization. Justify the domestic and international causes of the fall of the Communist dictatorship.
Skills
to find and use reliable sources of information for creative work, to analyze selected themes from Czechoslovak history from 1945 to 1989, to present the historical development of the period and to write a seminar work on a given topic.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Durman, K. Popely ještě žhavé II. Konec dobrodružství 1964 - 1991. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-246-1536-3.
  • Kaplan, K. Největší politický proces. M. Horáková a spol.. 2. vyd. Brno, 1995. ISBN 80-85765-58-6.
  • Kaplan, K. Nekrvavá revoluce. Praha, 1993. ISBN 0-88781-157-4.
  • Kaplan, K.; Pacl V. Tajný prostor Jáchymov. České Budějovice, 1993. ISBN 80-901234-2-2.
  • Kaplan, K.; Paleček, P. Komunistický režim a politické procesy v Československu. 1. vyd. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-85947-75-7.
  • Kural, Václav. Československo roku 1968. Díl 1, Obrodný proces. 1. vyd. Praha : Parta, 1993. ISBN 80-901337-7-0.
  • Macháček, Michal. Gustáv Husák. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7429-338-7.
  • Mencl, V. Československo roku 1968. Díl 2, Počátky normalizace. 1. vyd. Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-901337-8-9.
  • Rataj, J. Komunistické Československo 1. 1948 - 1960. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Pedagogická fakulta, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-142-3.
  • Rupnik, J. Dějiny Komunistické strany Československa. Od počátků do převzetí moci. Vyd. v tomto překladu 1. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-200-0957-4.
  • Rychlík, J. Češi a Slováci ve 20. století. Česko-slovenské vztahy 1945-1992. 2. Bratislava, 1998. ISBN 80-88880-11-4.
  • Staněk, T. Tábory v českých zemích 1945-1948. 1. vyd. Šenov u Ostravy, 1996. ISBN 80-902075-3-7.
  • Švehla, Marek. Magor a jeho doba : život Ivana M. Jirouse. Vydání první. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7215-555-2.
  • Tigrid, Pavel. Kapesní průvodce inteligentní ženy po vlastním osudu. 2. vyd. (v Odeonu 1. vyd.). Praha : Odeon, 1990. ISBN 80-207-0149-4.
  • Tomek, Prokop. Život a doba ministra Rudolfa Baráka. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-982-9.
  • Wiedemann, Andreas. "Pojď s námi budovat pohraničí!" : osídlování a proměna obyvatelstva bývalých Sudet 1945-1952. V českém jazyce vydání první. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7260-337-4.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 05.10.2024 23:52. Data created for academic year 2024/2025