Reading the Hittite texts 3600-7-WS3-LTH(Z)

The graduate knows and understands:
- basic knowledge of the theory of the humanities (literary studies or linguistics or history) necessary to understand selected aspects of culture
- can search, analyze, evaluate and use information from various sources
- can skillfully and substantively argue using the views of other authors
- understands the need for lifelong learning
- is ready to make others aware of cultural diversity and its religious, philosophical, moral and historical sources as well as its importance for understanding the contemporary world
- structure, history and writing of the Hittite language (advanced level);
- the complexity of the Hittite language and its place and meaning in the context of the culture and history of the Ancient Near East
- basic rules of translating from Hittite into Polish
- the state of research in the field of selected issues of the Ancient Near East;
- basic methods of analysis and interpretation of various products of culture appropriate for the native traditions of the Ancient Near East region;
Skills:
- can read, analyze and interpret literary texts and other cultural works of the Ancient Near East, correctly placing them in the cultural context
- compare and see the relationships between selected literary texts and other works of cultural creativity in the Ancient Near East;
- demonstrate knowledge of the Hittite languages ​​and other languages ​​of the Ancient Near East;
- analyze and interpret source texts in the Hittite language;
- translate literary texts / writings from the Hittite language into Polish;
- interpret key concepts of Ancient Near East culture through linguistic / philological analysis;
- be fluent in the Hittite writing system and the tools used to learn and analyze it (traditional and electronic dictionaries, lexicons, language corpora, databases, etc.);
Social competence:
- is ready to raise awareness of the importance of the culture of the Ancient Near East in the world culture;
- to act to share and promote the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Ancient Near East;
- to recognize the positive cultural values ​​of the Ancient Near East, from which it can draw for personal development and effective intercultural communication.

-presence
- current assessment (preparation for classes and activity)
- mid-term tests
- written credit at the end of the semester

- Ankara Arkeoloji Müzesinde Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletleri, Istanbul 1948;

- İstanbul Arkeoloji Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletlerinden Seçme Metinler, t. I-IV, Istanbul 1944, 1947, 1954, 1988;

- Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköy, Leipzig – Berlin 1916 nn.;

- Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköy, Berlin 1921 nn.;

- A. Götze (Hg.), Verstreute Boghazköy-Texte, Marburg 1930;

- S. Alp, Hethitische Keilschrifttexte aus Maşat-Höyük, Ankara 1991.

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