General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Contemporary Literary and Cultural Discourses in Central Europe
Language English
Module lecturer prof. UAM dr hab. Agata Firlej
Lecturer's email afirlej@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position profesor uczelni
Faculty Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology
Semester 2024/2025 (winter)
Duration 30
ECTS 5
USOS code 03-AP-CLCD

Timetable

20 hours online/10 hours on site.

Online classes: MS Teams, TUESDAY, 17.00-18.30.
On-site classes:
TUESDAY, 17.00-18.30; Collegium Maius, Fredry 10 Street, room 219. 

Module aim (aims)

The students gain the ability to analyse and synthesize, general knowledge, primary knowledge in the field of Central European art, political and literary history.

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

  1. Synchronous and asynchronous online classes - basic computer and MS Teams skills 
  2. Critical abilities, interdisciplinary skills, ability to appreciate cultural diversity, ability to work in the individual and collective way

Syllabus






Course learning content:

Explaining and briefly describing the history of the concept of Central Europe, diversity in its definition and its delimiting. Central Europe - between geography and history; “Maximum of diversity at the minimum of area” - an attempt of defining Central Europe; Where does the Central Europe lie? Europe of fading borders.
Presentation of the culture or traditions of Central Europe and historical, geopolitical, national, transnational, literary context of its existence. Central European cities – Central European cultural centers; What is he like and whether exists „homo Europae centralis”?; Central Europe – a view from the outside.
Presentation of the culture or traditions of Central Europe and historical, geopolitical, national, transnational, literary context of its existence; The role of the Greco-Roman tradition in „shaping” Central European culture; Central Europen Enlightement traditions.
Discussion on the social and political phenomena that determine the shape of literature and culture of selected Central European countries (in the past and currently). Between the Middle Ages and the 18th century; „Reviving” Europe; Central Europe in the context of World War I; Central Europe in the context of World War II; Central Europe in the context of Holocaust; Central Europe – „an island in a sea of communism”? Postwar experience; Central Europe - the space formed by dissidents and writers?

Reading list