(in Polish) Hieroglify egipskie

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Course ID:	3600-EG-HG2-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Hieroglify egipskie
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Oriental Studies
Course groups:	General university courses 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. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	The ability to communicate in the congress languages is required
Short description:	First steps into Egyptian hieroglyphs; during the classes students will learn how to ‘read’ scenes depicted on the walls of ancient Egyptian temples and tombs, to understand their meaning and to recognise the main depicted figures.
Full description:	The classes consist of theoretical and practical part. The participants will learn about the language and writing of ancient Egyptians; they will be familiarised with the basics of Middle Egyptian grammar and writing systems, as well as with tools that are used today to read documents written on papyri, ostraca and stone walls. During the practical part, the participants will apply the acquired knowledge to read and write simple words and/or phrases in hieroglyphs (for the most ambitious ones, a short course in Egyptian curses will be provided).
Bibliography:	A. Ćwiek, Hieroglify egipskie. Mowa bogów, Poznań 2016 H.G. Fischer, Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy, New York 1988, 3 wyd. G. Englund, Introduction to pharaonic Egyptian, Uppsala 1975 R. Parkinson, Cracking Codes. The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment. With Contribution by W. Diffie, M. Fischer and R.S. Simpson, London 1999 R, Schulz, M. Seidel (red.), Egipt. Świat faraonów, Kolonia 2001 A. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar. Being An Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, Oxford 1927, third edition, revised 1994 Szczegółowa literatura do poszczególnych tematów będzie podawana na zajęciach.
Learning outcomes:	The student should: Knowledge: - have the basic knowledge about the Middle Egyptian language; - have the knowledge about the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system; Skills: - correctly recognise the main elements of Egyptian monumental inscriptions; Competence: - be aware of the cultural difference and its religious, philosophical, moral and historical sources and its meaning for the understanding of the contemporary world.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Continuous assessment, attendance control

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