Categories of Ancient Culture I 03-AP-CAC-I
Course learning content:
- the beginning of Europe in Ancient Greece and its society,
- categories and Ancient Greek Culture,
- hellenistic world between universalism and particularism,
- categories of Roman Culture,
- concept of Roman Empire and its shift in Medieval and Early Modern times,
- Jews and Judaism in AC,
- Christian shift in EC (polytheism vs. monotheism, different place of religion in pagan and Christian society),
- Europe and its languages: cultural history (Greek, Latin, Latin vs. vernacular).
Module learning aims
Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement
Student workload (ECTS credits)
Module type
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences
Course coordinators
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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,
- 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 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.
Assessment criteria
Grade system:
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:
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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