Ancient Popular Topoi and Motifs in Culture and Literature 03-APT-22CEBSDL

Course learning content:
- concepts and ideas: motif, commonplace, theme, symbol, archetype, myth,
- classical motifs reworked in modern culture,
- Homeric epic about war and travelling: short history of the universal metaphors of human life,
- ancient bestiary and modern posthuman reflections,
- astral imagination, ancient and modern,
- ancient poleology in modern guise: motif of the city (and its ruins) in contemporary art and literature,
- ancient motifs in contemporary cinema.

Cele kształcenia

Course aims: - to obtain state-of-the-art knowledge of the subject matter of the lecture, - to deepen one’s knowledge of selected problems of classical culture, - to obtain knowledge of the coexistence of methodological trends, - to obtain the knowledge of basic terminology and methods typical of several methodologies, - to develop the ability to recognize and assess methods used in earlier and recent research, - to develop skills at applying the tools typical of specific methodological trends.

Kierunek studiów

Central European and Balkan Studies

Metody prowadzenia zajęć umożliwiające osiągnięcie założonych EK

Lecture with a multimedia presentation, interactive lecture, problem-based lecture, discussions, text-based work.

Nakład pracy studenta (punkty ECTS)

Poziom przedmiotu

I stopień

Rodzaj przedmiotu

obowiązkowe

Rok studiów (jeśli obowiązuje)

II rok

Wymagania wstępne w zakresie wiedzy, umiejętności oraz kompetencji

General familiarity with classics; basic familiarity with the terminology of history of arts and theory of literature; having read a number of classical texts, original or translated; attending other lectures on classical culture.

Efekty kształcenia

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,
- be able to present the crucial research methodologies (both contemporary and earlier) and their mutual influence and relationships,
- know how to critically evaluate the importance and usefulness of various methodological perspectives applied to analysing and interpreting the relationship between ancient and modern culture,
- have extensive factual knowledge in the field covered by the lecture,
- have the basic bibliographic information necessary to further research the subject matter of the lecture.

Kryteria oceniania

Assessment criteria:

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:
To be announced in class (e.g. E. Curtius, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages. Oxford 2013 [1953]; M. Beard, J. Henderson, Classics. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford 1997; Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema. Ed. M.M. Winkler. Oxford 2001; Living Classics: Greece and Rome in Contemporary Poetry in English. Ed. S.J. Harrison. Oxford 2009; Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture. Ed. D. Lowe, K. Shahabudin. Newcastle 2009).

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