Roots of European Culture and Literature 03-RECL-11CEIPDM-E
Course learning content:
- Athens vs. Jerusalem,
- The Prophets,
- Plato and Aristotle,
- Vergil and Cicero,
- Art in Antiquity,
- Prophecy and Reform,
- Scholasticism,
- The Renesaissance,
- The Reformation,
- The Academy and the Profession,
- Poetry, Rhetoric and the Common God,
- Art and Performances,
- The Book of Our Experience.
Module learning aims
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Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement
Student workload (ECTS credits)
Cycle of studies
Module type
Year of studies (where relevant)
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- understand the research problems and the recent achievements in the field covered by the lecture,
- understand perspectives applied to analysing and interpreting phenomena of culture,
- have extensive factual knowledge in the field covered by the lecture,
- have the basic bibliographical information necessary to further research the subject matter of the lecture,
- write an essay in English on specific and specialized topic using a variety of sources.
Assessment criteria
Assessment criteria:
very good (bdb; 5,0): excellent familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; very good understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.
good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, except for minor deficiencies and inaccuracies.
good (db; 4,0): good familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.
satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; average understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.
satisfactory (dst; 3,0): basic familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; shallow understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.
unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): unsatisfactory familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; no understanding or ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.
Bibliography
Reading list:
John O’Malley, Four Cultures of the West. Harvard University Press: Harvard, 2006.
Peter Rietbergen, Europe: A Cultural History, Routledge: London 1998.
Robert C. Ostergren & Mathias Le Bossé, The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture, and Environment, The Guilford Press: New York – London, 2011.
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