Writing of the Polish-Lithuanian Tatars

elective courses
general courses

Knowledge of Polish and universal history.

Classroom
Classroom and field classes

The course presents the phenomenon of Polish-Lithuanian Tatars literature in its various forms (manuscripts, talisman-devotional boards, inscriptions), whose basic characteristic was the use of the Arabic alphabet both for writing Oriental (Arabic and Turkish) languages and Slavonic languages (Polish and Belarusian) .

The course covers the following issues or groups of issues related to the literature of the Polish-Lithuanian Tatars:

language situation of the Tatar population in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - manuscripts and their contents - connections of Polish-Tatar literature with the Muslim and Christian traditions - philomats' translation of the Koran - devotional practices and other religious rituals and magical practices in manuscripts - devotional panels – epigraphy.

Akiner, S., 2009. Religious Language of a Belarusian Tatar Kitab. A Cultural Monument of Islam in Europe. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag.

Drozd, A., 1999. Arabskie teksty liturgiczne w przekładzie na język polski XVII wieku. Zagadnienia gramatyczne na materiale chutb świątecznych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog.

Drozd, A., 2016. Corpus Inscriptionum Tartarorum Poloniae et Lithuaniae. Tom I. Studzianka. Warszawa: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne.

Drozd A., Dziekan M.M., Majda T. 1999. Meczety i cmentarze Tatarów polsko-litewskich. Katalog Zabytków Tatarskich, t. 2. Warszawa:Res Publica Multiethnica.

Drozd A., Dziekan M.M., Majda T. 2000. Piśmiennictwi i muhiry Tatarów polsko-litewskich. Katalog Zabytków Tatarskich, t. 3. Warszawa : Res Publica Multiethnica.

Kryczyński S. 1938. „Tatarzy litewscy. Próba monografii historyczno-etnograficznej”, Rocznik Tatarski. 3,XVI + 318.

Jankowski H., Łapicz C., 2000. Klucz do raju. Księga Tatarów litewsko-polskich z XVIII wieku. Warszawa: Dialog.

Suter, P., 2004. Alfurkan Tatarski. Der litauisch-tatarische Koran-Tefsir. Köln-Weimar-Wien: Böhlau Verlag.

After completing the course and confirming the achievement of learning outcomes, the student is able to:

Characterize the cultural and linguistic situation of the Polish-Tatar community in the context of its history and genesis.

Identify the types of Polish Tatar manuscripts.

Read and transcribe Polish-Tatar texts.

Characterize the content of Polish-Tatar literature, especially against the rituals, traditions and beliefs of Islam.

Describe the relationship between Polish-Tatar literature and Old Polish literature.

Evaluation as part of the knowledge written exam acquired during the lecture and on the basis of the recommended literature.

Grading scale:

5.0 - very good knowledge of the material presented during the classes and on the basis of the recommended literature, very good reading in the literature on the subject, proficient use of the specialist methodology

4,5 - very good knowledge of the material presented during the classes and on the basis of the recommended literature, very good reading in the literature on the subject, proficient use of specialist methodology

4.0 - good knowledge of the material presented during the classes and on the basis of the recommended literature, good reading in the literature on the subject, good use of specialist methodology

3,5 - good knowledge of the material presented during the classes and on the basis of the recommended literature, sufficient reading in the literature on the subject, good use of the specialist methodology

3,0 - sufficient knowledge of the material presented during the classes and on the basis of the recommended literature, sufficient reading in the literature on the subject, sufficient use of specialist methodology

2.0 - insufficient knowledge of the material presented in class and on the basis of the recommended literature