Cultural and Literary Traditions of Balkans

Timetable

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)

Syllabus

Course learning content:

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

presentation of discussed traditions in context of national and transnational ideas

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

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.