Reception of ancient culture

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Course ID:	4018-KONW49
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.5 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. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Reception of ancient culture
Name in Polish:	Recepcja antyku w kulturze literackiej Europy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of "Artes Liberales"
Course groups:
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:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Basic, secondary-school knowledge on ancient culture (its most important elements).
Short description:	The aim of the course is to familiarize students with different forms of the presence of ancient heritage in European literature and to help them develop the ability to analyse and interpret them. Knowledge on the European reception of the heritage of Greek culture is an essential element of Mediterranean studies.
Full description:	The seminar focuses on the reception of Ancient Greek culture, on the example of the Greek journey as a motif in European literature and art. Polish and European texts (particularly from the 19th and 20th centuries) will be analysed in the context of the history of European reception of Greek culture (both ancient and modern). Apart from the merit side of issues such as the themes, motifs and conventions of "Greek travel writing", methodological issues are an important aspect of the seminar, especially the question of how to analyse literary works rooted in ancient tradition. The broader issues of the reception of ancient culture will include: modern reception of the Greek myths as well as motifs and themes from the literature and culture of Ancient Greece, Mediterranean geography of culture, changes in the reception of Greek cultural heritage in modern Europe.
Bibliography:	Opracowania (wybór) - Dziedzictwo Odyseusza. Podróż, obcość i tożsamość, identyfikacja, przestrzeń, red. M. Korytowska, O. Płaszczewska, Kraków 2007. - Filhellenizm w Polsce. Rekonesans, pod red. nauk. M. Borowskiej, M. Kalinowskiej, J. Ławskiego, K. Tomaszuk, Warszawa 2007. - Arcydzieła literatury nowogreckiej, seria pod redakcją M. Borowskiej (t. I-VI). - H. Angelomatis-Tsougarakis, The Eve of the Greek Revival. British Travellers’ Perceptions of Early Nineteenth-Century Greece, London and New York 1990. - R. Eisner, Travelers to an Antique Land. The History and Literature of Travel to Greece, Ann Arbor 1991. - O. Augustinos, French Odysseys. Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era, Baltimore and London 1994. - R. Stoneman, A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece, Malibu 1994. -F. M. Tsigakou, The Rediscovery of Greece. Travellers and Painters of the Romantic Era, London 1981.
Learning outcomes:	Developing the ability to analyse and interpret forms of reception of Ancient Greek heritage in European culture.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Students will be assessed in terms of how diligently and carefully they work on the required texts and studies, and for their ability to think independently.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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