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Archetypes in literatury works in German speaking countries

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Course ID: 3302-ALKN-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (0228) Arts and humanities, interdisciplinary programmes The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Archetypes in literatury works in German speaking countries
Name in Polish: Archetypy w literaturze krajów niemieckiego obszaru językowego
Organizational unit: Institute of German Studies
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses
general courses

Prerequisites (description):

The aim of the course is to introduce students of several faculties into the problematics of archetypes including definitions of the term as formulated by different researches; typology and classification of archetypes in our culture; selected examples in literature and arts.

Mode:

Remote learning

Short description:

Archetypes in the contemporary literature in German speaking countries

Full description:

During our classes we are going to discuss the following topics:

- Usage of archetypes in literary works. An Introduction

- Jungian archetypes

- Carol Pearson's and Margaret Mark's categories of archetypes

- Margaret Hartwell's and Joshua Chen's archetypes' families

- Examples of archetypes in contemporary literature.

Bibliography:

Fragments of several films based on literary works

Altenberg, Tilmann / Meyer-Minnemann, Klaus: Europäische Dimensionen des

Don Quijote in Literatur, Kunst, Film und Musik. Hamburg University Press 2007.*

Dudek, Zenon (red.): Archetyp Wielkiej Matki. Solarium 1992 (Biblioteka Instytutu Anglistyki UW)*

Estés, Clarissa Pinkola: Biegnąca z wilkami: archetyp Dzikiej Kobiety w mitach i legendach. Poznań 2001 (BUW free access area)*

Herman, Alicja/Żyto, Kamila (ed.): Od Cervantesa do Pereza-Revert'a.

Adaptacje literatury hiszpańskiej i iberoamerykańskiej. Warszawa 2011 (selected fragments).

Jackiewicz, Aleksander: Moja filmoteka. Film w kulturze. Warszawa 1989 (selected fragments).

Jackiewicz, Aleksander: Moja filmoteka. Literatura i teatr w filmie. Warszawa 1989 (selected fragments).

Kastberger, Klaus (ed.): Vampir und Engel. Zur Genese und Funktion

der Fräulein-Figur im Werk Ödön von Horváths. Wien 2006.*

Kłobukowski, Miłosz: Archetyp ofiary w literaturze polskiego romantyzmu. Toruń 2012 (BUW free access area)*

Metzler-Lexikon moderner Mythen. Figuren, Konzepte, Ereignisse. Stuttgart 2014 (selected fragments).

Nünning, Ansgar: Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie. Stuttgart 2013 (selected fragments)

Odajnyk, V. Walter: Archetype and Character: Power, Eros, Spirit, and Matter Personality Types. New York 2012 (selected fragments)*

Pajor, Kazimierz: Rola archetypu w analitycznej psychologii C. G. Junga. Poznań 1992 (selected fragments).

Pearson, Carol S.: Nasz wewnętrzny bohater czyli Sześć archetypów według których żyjemy. Poznań 1995 (BUW free access area)*

Schlaffer, Heinz: Mythische Figuren der Neuzeit: Faust, Hamlet, Don Juan, Don Quijote, Harlekin. In: Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte12 (2018), H. 4: 91-104.

Szczepaniak, Monika: Don Juan und kalte Liebe. In: Studia Germanica Posnaniensia XXXVI (2015), s. 73-86.*

Świątek, Włodzimierz: Archetyp wojownika i zwycięzcy w działaniach

edukacyjnych i wychowawczych. Edukacyjna Analiza Transakcyjna, 2008, 7, 61–82,

https://doaj.org/article/99cb191775714569a4b89ef21817f0fc

* for interested students

Learning outcomes:

Students are able to give some examples on archetypes in literary works and to use the methods of comparative studies;

- They know the main theoretical works in the field of aesthetics, philosophy and the history of literature.

- They can analyze literary works.

- They are able to recognize stereotypes and archetypes in literary works.

- They are able to present their point of view and to discuss it in a group of students.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

2 evaluated exercises during the term, regular participation (google classroom, google meet)

Practical placement:

none

This course is not currently offered.
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