Main Seminar: From the History of Modern Greek Drama 3700-FN-3-SEM
1. part:
The main aim of the course (30 hours) is to acquaint students with reaearch methods of anthropology, literature and culture studies which might be useful to the participants for their BA theses. We will examine eg:
- Anthropology of culture and spectacles;
- Language and translation in culture
- Greek drama in Antiquity: myths, sources, authors
- Practical advice: how to write a BA/MA thesis or any academic paper
Some part of the seminar will be devoted to individual presentations of theses subjects, materials and fragments of dissertations currently in preparation.
2. part:
The main aim of the course (30 hours) is to acquaint students with the Modern Greek drama of 19th cent. and especially to prepare an anthology of 19th cent. Drama (the first Polish translation with introduction and commentary). We will examine eg:
– the most significant playwrights and texts, focusing on the opposition between romanticism and realism in 19th cent. Greece.
– the relationship between Modern Greek folk song and theatre;
– the influence of Ancient Greek mythology and drama on the Modern Greek dramatic production in 19th cent.
Some part of the seminar will be devoted to individual presentations of theses, materials and fragments of MA dissertations currently in preparation.
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Learning outcomes
I semester:
Knowledge: students completing the course will be familiar with
– the basic methodology and problems of academic literature and culture studies researcher;
– the outline of history of Ancient Greek drama;
– the main characteristics of anthropological and literature studies theories that might be applicable in their work
Skills: students completing the course will be able to
- autonomously retrieve, evaluate and use information from different written and electronic sources, with due consideration for intellectual property protection;
- present orally or in writing, in Polish, research problems using different sources and critically referencing the literature of the subject;
- make use of word processor functions and compile tables of contents, lists of references, indexes etc.
- organize their work station properly (working with a computer, long-term sitting position), keep physically fit, and if necessary respond appropriately to a crisis situation;
Social competences: students completing the course will be ready to
- realize the limited extent of their own knowledge and skills;
- realize that there is an ethical aspect to scientific research and their own work, and see the importance of protecting intellectual property rights;
- take part in cultural life, make use of their acquired knowledge and skills, and consciously develop their individual cultural needs.
II semester:
Knowledge: students completing the course will be familiar with
– the basic methodology and problems of academic literature and culture studies researcher;
– the outline of history of Ancient Greek drama;
– the main characteristics of anthropological and literature studies theories that might be applicable in their work
Skills: students completing the course will be able to
- autonomously retrieve, evaluate and use information from different written and electronic sources, with due consideration for intellectual property protection;
- present orally or in writing, in Polish, research problems using different sources and critically referencing the literature of the subject;
- make use of word processor functions and compile tables of contents, lists of references, indexes etc.
- organize their work station properly (working with a computer, long-term sitting position), keep physically fit, and if necessary respond appropriately to a crisis situation;
Social competences: students completing the course will be ready to
- realize the limited extent of their own knowledge and skills;
- realize that there is an ethical aspect to scientific research and their own work, and see the importance of protecting intellectual property rights;
- take part in cultural life, make use of their acquired knowledge and skills, and consciously develop their individual cultural needs.
Bibliography
I semester:
Burszta, W. Antropologia kultury
Burkert, W., Stwarzanie świętości
Duvignaud, J., Dar z niczego. O antropologii święta
Kocur, M., Teatr antycznej Grecji
Taplin, O. Tragedia grecka w działaniu
Antropologia widowisk, praca zbiorowa
Antropologia słowa, praca zbiorowa
Mit, człowiek, literatura, praca zbiorowa
II semester:
N. Chadzinikolau, Literatura nowogrecka 1453–1983, Warszawa-Poznań 1985.
A. Nicoll, Dzieje teatru, tłum. A. Dębnicki, Warszawa 1974.
J. Limon, Między niebem a sceną. Przestrzeń i czas w teatrze, Gdańsk b.d.
M. Vitti, Historia literatury nowogreckiej, tłum. J. Wegner, M. Czarnocińska, K. Rowińska, Warszawa 2015.
Θ. Χατζηπανταζής, Διάγραμμα Ιστορίας του Νεοελληνικού Θεάτρου [T. Hadzipantazis, A Concise History of Modern Greek Theatre], Iraklio 2014.
R. Beaton, An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature, Oxford (UP) 1999.
G. Sideris, Ιστορία του νέου ελληνικού θεάτρου, Αθήνα 1990.
M. Borowska, Leonidas i Temistokles, czyli Sparta i Ateny w greckiej tragedii historycznej XIX wieku. Przegląd utworów, w: Sparta w kulturze polskiej. Część II: Przekroje, syntezy, konteksty. Praca zbiorowa pod redakcją M. Borowskiej, M. Kalinowskiej, D. Kaji, J. Speiny, Warszawa 2015, s. 77–117.
K. Petrakou, The conflict between Romanticism and Classicism in the Greek theatre of the 19th cent., "Świat Tekstów Rocznik Słupski" 18 (2020) s. 245–257 (dostępne on-line).
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