Cultural and Literary Traditions of Balkans

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

1. 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;
2. instrumental: basic knowledge in the field of literatures and cultures of countries on the Balkan Peninsula; skill at analyzing and synthesizing;
3. 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)

Syllabus

Course learning content:

presentation of culture/ literature of countries on the Balkan Peninsula in chronological and typological approach on the basic level; showing crucial phenomena and directions of development

presentation of contexts of cultural and literary traditions of countries on the Balkan Peninsula on the basic level

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

Reading list

• 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.
• Bogatyriew, Semiotyka kultury ludowej, Warszawa 1979.
• Czajka, Bohaterska epika Słowian południowych, Wrocław 1968.
• Dąbrowska – Partyka, Świadectwa i mistyfikacje. Przed i po Jugosławii, Kraków 2003.
• Gusiew, Estetyka folkloru, Wrocław 1979.
• Rapacka, Dawna literatura serbska i dawna literatura chorwacka, Warszawa 1993.
• Rapacka, Godzina Herdera, Warszawa 1995.
• Simiczijew, Pieśń hajducka Słowian południowych, Wrocław 1985.