The Greek symposium as a cultural institution 03-AP-GSC

Course learning content:
- reading and interpreting Greek texts in translation,
- evaluating the difficulties in understanding,
- articulating own idead in an academic and professional way,
- from the Greek symposium to the English clubs, or from Plato to Phileas Fogg,
- symposium and education - the paradoxical bookish turn of Athenaeus,
- symposium and male homosexuality.

Cele kształcenia

Course aims: To inform on the history of the Greek symposium; to inspire reflection on the kind of literature used for entertainment during a symposium; how did the club work; to show the development of the Greek symposium in the historical and social context of Greek culture; to assess critically its reception in modern literature and art; to discuss archaeological evidence.

Metody prowadzenia zajęć umożliwiające osiągnięcie założonych EK

Problem-based lecture, discussions, text-based work, case study work, problem-based learning, creative methods, group work, close reading, using commentaries and making sense of textbooks.

Nakład pracy studenta (punkty ECTS)

Rodzaj przedmiotu

fakultatywne

Wymagania wstępne w zakresie wiedzy, umiejętności oraz kompetencji

Basic understanding of technical terms in literary science. Elementary knowledge of European literary history.

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Gerson Schade

Efekty kształcenia

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- conceive and write an essay on a literary text,
- understand better the characteristics of Greek literature,
- acknowledge the impact of Classics,
- critically evaluating various methodological perspectives applied to analyzing texts,
- getting extensive factual knowledge in the field covered by the lecture.

Kryteria oceniania

Grade system:

very good (bdb; 5,0): very good 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.

Literatura

Reading list:
Plato, Symposium, together with the commentary by Kenneth Dover, Cambridge 1980.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian Wars, 6. 27-31.

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