Mongol literature and culture 09-LIKM-11
In more details, the instruction is build upon the following components:
– an outline of the history of the Mongols,
– oral Mongol literature,
– written Mongol literature,
– shmanism, fire cult, belief in Heaven, Mongol Buddhism,
– Mongol tradition and custums,
– multisided Mongol-Turkic language and cultural contact.
Module learning aims
Major
Cycle of studies
Module type
Year of studies (where relevant)
Learning outcomes
The student:
– has basic knowledge of Mongol literature and culture,
– knows Mongol traditions and customs,
– knows basic genres of Mongol oral literature,
– is able to read original sources,
– knows cultural differences and is ready to take part in intercultural dialogue.
Assessment criteria
– classroom activity,
– ability to read, understand and translate simple texts,
– written assignment,
– presentation.
Practical placement
Not applicable
Bibliography
Baabar. 2005. Dzieje Mongolii. Warszawa: Dialog.
Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata. 2006. Czikula kereglegczi. Zasady buddyzmu. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwe.
Chiodo, Elisabetta. 2000. The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from Xarbuxyn Balgas in the Collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Part 1. Wiesbaden: Otto Harassowitz.
Clark, Larry V. 1977. Mongol Elements in Old Turkic?, Journal de la Societé Finno-Ougrienne 75 (1977), 110-168.
Doerfer, Gerhard. 1963. Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen. Bd. I. Mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen: Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag.
Janhunen, Juha (red.). 2003. The Mongolic Languages. London, New York: Routledge.
Kałużyński, Stanisław. 1970. Tajna historia Mongołów. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
Kałużyński, Stanisław. 1983. Dawni Mongołowie. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.
Kotwicz, Władysław. 1953. Studia nad językami ałtajskimi, Rocznik Orientalistyczny. 16, 1-314.
Poppe, Nikolaus. 1962. Die mongolischen Lehnwörter im Komanischen: János Eckmann (et alii, eds). 1962. Németh Armağanı. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 331-340.
Rachewiltz, Igor de, Volker Rybatzki. 2010. An Introduction to Altaic Philology. Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu. Leiden, Boston: Brill.
Schönig, Claus. 2000. Mongolian loanwords in Oghuz as indicators of linguistic and cultural areas in Southwest Asia, Turkic Languages 4, 239–252.
Szynkiewicz, Sławoj. 1981. Rodzina pasterska w Mongolii. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich.
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