- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Cultural symbols and historical myths of Central Europe. 3620-1-SKMH-OG
Subjects and realization of the course:
- special role of Romanticism in the shaping of culture and creating myths in this region of Europe (lecture);
- comment on the thesis about the weak impact of Enlightenment rationalism and universalism on Central Europe (lecture+seminar);
- imagination as a subject of study in cultural anthropology, sociology and psychology in the XX Century and the contribution to this domain of research of philosophers like Cassirer, Gadamer, Heidegger, Bachelard, Ricoeur (lecture);
- evolution of contemporary views on myth as a constitutive element of collective consciousness; mythisation and mystification (lecture+seminar);
- examples of myths and symbols present in the cultural environment of Central Europe: the myth of the origins, the myth of the hero, the myth of the golden age, messianic myths, the myth of the stranger etc. (seminar).
Type of course
Assessment criteria
Form and terms of course completion:
- a written work /an essay/
- confirmed knowledge of at least 4 positions of the reading list
- continuous assessment of the student during the seminar sessions
Bibliography
Bibliography of sources:
- Miłosz Czesław, Rodzinna Europa, various editions.
- Patočka Jan, Kim są Czesi, Kraków, 1997.
- Szücs Jenö, Trzy Europy, Lublin, 1995.
Elaborations:
- Bobrownicka Maria (ed.), Mity narodowe w literaturach słowiańskich, Kraków, 1992.
- Boia Lucian, Rumuni. Świadomość, mity, historia, Kraków, 2003.
- Janion Maria, Do Europy. Tak, ale razem z naszymi umarłymi, Warszawa, 2000.
- Janion Maria, Niesamowita słowiańszczyzna, 2006.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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