Syllabus
1. Introduction - formal requirements, definitions of Culture and Central Europe
2. Bildungsbürgertum as a phenomenon in 19th Century in German speaking countries
3. Citizen culture and challenges of Modernity at the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries
4. Modern art at the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries - example of Achitecture
5. Multiculturalism as a heritage of Habsburg Monarchy?
6. Reflections of WWI in Culture and Art
7. New Media: development of press and book market, radio and film
8. Sport in the interwar period as a cultural phenomenon
9. "Popular Culture" for "Mass Society"?
10. Nazi cultural policy
11. Opposition and exile during the Nazi regime
12. Final conclusion and discussion
Annotation
The most important changes of Central European societies can be studied on example of culture. The course will cover the end of traditions in the second half of the 19th century, reactions to the traumatic experience of WWI, appearence of new media and mass culture in the interwar period, official and counter-official culture during the WWII.
The course is non-descriptional, it concentrates only on selected key areas of culture and art.