Cultural topography of Greece 4018-KONW14
TThe course on the cultural topography of Greece aims to familiarize students with the regional uniqueness of Greece as a country of small homelands. Above all, it will present the major historic sites and other interesting places of various character (towns, buildings, natural sites of exceptional beauty), but this will be a pretext for exploring the special qualities of a given region – its history and traditions, from music to cuisine. The classes will include presentations of photos, films, music, and the students’ reports.
General outline:
1. Introductory class: the physical geography of Greece, climate
2. Administrative division, geographical regions, major towns
3. Thrace
4-5. Macedonia and Thessaloniki
6. Epirus
7. Thessaly and the Pelion Peninsula
8. Central Greece
9-10. Athens
11. Attica
12. The northern and eastern Peloponnese: Corinth, Argolis
13. The western and central Peloponnese: Achaea, Elis, Arcadia
14. The southern Peloponnese: Messenia, Laconia
15. Crete
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes:
KNOWLEDGE:
1. identifying the typical features of Greece’s geographical and cultural regions and being aware of the country’s place in the region (the Balkans) and the Mediterranean area
2. knowledge on the most important events and people from the history of ancient Greece, Byzantium, and modern Greece
3. elementary knowledge on ancient Greek art and Byzantine religious art, and the place of the Orthodox faith in the life of the Greeks
4. elementary awareness of contemporary cultural life in Greece; awareness of the existence of ties (historical, cultural, etc.) between Poland and Greece
SKILLS:
1. retrieving, selecting, and making use of information from different written and electronic sources
2. presenting simple research problems and journalistic topics orally in Polish
using dictionaries
translating simple literary and specialist texts from Modern Greek into Polish
3. reading and analysing literary and journalistic texts in Modern Greek
SOCIAL COMPETENCES
1. awareness of the limited scope of their own knowledge and skills
2. awareness of the existence of an ethical aspect of their work
3. learning teamwork
Assessment criteria
Final credits will be affected, on the one hand, by how well the students remember the historic sites and points of interest discussed in class and by their effective knowledge of the topographic vocabulary, and on the other – independence and creativity in making use of the available references (and their own experience) when presenting their reports.
Bibliography
Lektury obowiązkowe:
• Skrypt przygotowany przez prowadzącego
• Podręcznik do geografii (2. klasa gimnazjum)
• www.culture.gr (strona greckiego Ministerstwa Kultury)
Lektury uzupełniające:
• Albumy krajoznawcze.
• Ulotki turystyczne.
• Albumy fotograficzne.
• Książki podróżnicze.
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:
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: