Sources of the tradition of Baltic states

obligatory courses

Familiarity with the basic facts about Lithuania (at the level of final secondary school examination.

Classroom

The aim of the course is to present the contexts of the Baltic cultures in a broad sense, including the methodology of research into Classical.

The programme of the course assumes insight into the basic facts from the domains of mythology, folklore, cultural history, ethnology, visual arts etc. that have influenced (both in the past and in the present) the rise of a sui generis Baltic culture and mentality.

The aim of the classes is:

-to elaborate on prior knowledge concerning the cultures of Lithuania and Latvia gained from the course „Knowledge about the Baltic Countries”, and to deepen their knowledge on the roots of Lithuanian and Latvian culture.

First, participants acquire a thorough insight into the Classical l sources of the European cultural tradition; then they are introduced to the sources of Baltic history and culture, as well as to subsequent historical and cultural facts that have shaped the mentality of the inhabitants of Lithuania and Latvia. They are acquainted with the basic manifestations of culture, as well as with studies by critics, men of letters and historians of culture who have worked on the traditional and present-day culture of the Lithuanian and Layvian peoples.

During the classes devoted to the Baltic tradition recent events illustrating the dissemination of Lithuania and Latvia in Poland will be discussed.

Wybrana literatura w j. polskim:

1. Brűckner Aleksander, Starożytna Litwa. Ludy i bogi. Szkice historyczne i mitologiczne, Olsztyn 1985.

2. Čepienė Irena, Historia litewskiej kultury etnicznej, Kaunas 2000.

3. Greimas Algirdas J., O bogach i ludziach, Kęty 2007.

4. Jackiewicz Mieczysław, Leksykon kultury litewskiej, Warszawa 2005.

5. Jucewicz Ludwik A., Wspomnienia Żmudzi, Wilno 1841.

6. Kolberg Oskar, Dzieła wszystkie, t. 5. Litwa, Wrocław-Poznań 1962.

7. Kraszewski, Józef I., Witolorauda, Wilno 1840, wyd. 2 1846.

8. Miłosz Oskar, Legendy i podania litewskie, Olsztyn 1985.

9. Narbutt Teodor, Dzieje starożytne narodu litewskiego, t. 1, Mitologia litewska, Wilno 1835.

10. Pietkiewicz Kazimierz, Etnografia Łotwy. Kultura materialna, Wrocław 1967.

11. Siemieński Lucjan, Podania i legendy polskie, ruskie i litewskie, Warszawa 1975 [1845].

12. Tołłoczko Zdzisława i Tomasz, Architectura sine historiae nihil est. Z dziejów architektury i urbanistyki ziem Łotwy, Kraków 2013.

13. Ulanowska Stefania, Łotysze Inflant polskich a w szczególności gminy Wielońskiej, powiatu Rzeżyckiego. Obraz etnograficzny, cz. III, Podania. Baśnie. Fraszki, itd., w: „Zbiór Wiadomości do Antropologii Krajowej, t. XVIII, 1895, s. 232-490.

14. Zahorski Władysław, Podania i legendy wileńskie, Gdańsk 1991 [1925].

Conditions for receiving the graded course credit:

a) checking of attendance (two absences per term are allowed);

b)active participation in classes.

c) Multimedia Presentation.