The Canon of Balkan Literature – selected problems

Timetable

20 hours online; 10 huors on site.
Online classes: MS Teams, WEDNESDAY, 8.00-9.30.
On-site classes: WEDNESDAY, 15.15-16.45; Collegium Maius, Fredry 10 Street, room 219.

Module aim (aims)

• interpersonal: creating ability of critical evaluation of cultural phenomena and processes; skill at evaluating cultural and multi-cultural diversity; skill at combining interdisciplinary knowledge in the field of theory of culture, cultural anthropology and religious studies; forming skill at debating in a group;
• instrumental: basic knowledge in the field of literatures and cultures of countries on the Balkan Peninsula; skill at analyzing and synthesizing;
• systemic: ability to work independently; research skills; ability to construct longer oral statement; skill at writing term paper

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Synchronous online classes - basic computer and MS Teams skills 

Syllabus

presentation of literature of countries on the Balkan Peninsula in chronological and typological approach on the basic level; showing crucial phenomena and literary traditions

presentation of literary contexts of countries on the Balkan Peninsula on the basic level

presentation of literary connections between countries on the Balkan Peninsula with Eastern and Western civilization circles on the basic level

presentation of literary connections between countries on the Balkan Peninsula and Europe on the basic level

presentation of discussed literary traditions in context of national and transnational ideas

using properly basic notions and terms in the field of theory of literature and history of literature

Reading list

• Lives of the Serbian Saints, eds. W. Sparrow-Simpson, W. Lowther Clarke, London – New York 1921.
• An Anthology of Serbian Literature, eds. V. Mihailovich, B. Mikasinovic, Bloomington 2007.
• An Anthology of Bulgarian Literature, ed. I. Mladinov, Bloomington 2007.
• An Anthology of Croatian Literature, ed. H. R. Cooper, Bloomington 2011.
• Lightning from the Depths: An Anthology of Albanian Poetry, ed. and trans. R. Elsie, J. Mathie-Heck, Evanston 2008.
• Balkan Beauty, Balkan Blood: Modern Albanian Short Stories, ed. and trans. R. Elsie, Evanston 2006.
• Schwandner-Sievers, B. Fischer, Albanian Identities: Myth and History, Bloomington 2002.
• Calinescu, History of Romanian Literature, Paris1988.
• The Vanishing Point that Whistles. An Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Poetry, ed. P. Doru, trans. A. Sorkin, C. Serea, Greenfield 2011.
• An Anthology of Greek Prose, ed. D. Russell, Oxford 1991.
• Todorova, Imagining the Balkans, New York 1997.
• The Macedonian issue: the power of culture, the culture of power, ed. B. Zieliński, Poznań 2003.
• Barac, History of Yugoslav Literature, Ann Arbor 1976.
• Moser, History of Bulgarian Literature: 865-1944, the Hague 1972.
• Rapacka, Dawna literatura serbska i dawna literatura chorwacka, Warszawa 1993.
• Elsie, Zarys historii literatury albańskiej. Z. 2. Narodziny literatury albańskiej, XV-XVII wiek, przeł. I. Sawicka, Toruń 2004.
• Elsie, Zarys historii literatury albańskiej. Z. 3. Albańska literatura wieku XVIII i XIX, przeł. I. Sawicka, Toruń 2004.
• Elsie, Zarys historii literatury albańskiej. Z. 4. Współczesna literatura albańska, przeł. I. Sawicka, Toruń 2005.
• Vitti, Historia literatury nowogreckiej, przeł. J. Wegner, M. Czarnocińska, K. Rowińska, Warszawa 2015.
• Mirska-Lasota, Mały słownik pisarzy rumuńskich, Warszawa 1975.
• Bieńkowska, Literatura rumuńska, [w:] Dzieje literatur europejskich, T. 1, Warszawa 1977.
• Bąk, Mały słownik pisarzy zachodnio-słowiańskich i południowo-słowiańskich, Warszawa 1973.
• Tapkova-Zaimova, A. Miltenova, Historical and Apocalyptic Literature in Byzantium and Medieval Bulgaria, trans. M. Paneva, M. Lilova, Sofia 2011.