ESA912 European Culture Studies:

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.13; and Wed 11. 3. 20:00–21:40 B2.13
Prerequisites
The course is offered to all the student of the Faculty of Arts and it is highly recommendable for students of other faculties.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Course is a wide range introduction into the elements, works, authors and principles of the Western art and culture.
Learning outcomes
Student is capable of analyzing and interpreting the mythological layers of meaning in the contemporary art, literature, narrative and politics.
Syllabus
  • Homer and the Greek Mythology
  • Virgil and his Usage of the Greek Mythology
  • Boethius and the topos of Fortune
  • Middle Ages (Dante, Chaucer) and the Myth of the Origin
  • Doctor Faustus: the First Modern Man (Marlowe, Goethe)
  • Amor and Psyche (from Apuleius to Freud)
  • Joyce, Eliot, Bulgakov, experimental novels and mythology
Literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Mytologie. Translated by Josef Fulka. Třetí vydání v českém. Praha: Dokořán, 2018, 173 stran. ISBN 9788073638887. info
  • JOYCE, James. The portrait of the artist as a young man. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. London: Flamingo, 1994, 257 s. ISBN 0-586-08786-9. info
  • BOËTHIUS, Anitius Manlius Torquatu. Boëthius : poslední Říman. Translated by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1981, 205 s. URL info
  • SASKA, Leo František and František GROH. Mythologie Řeků a Římanů. Edited by Jaromíra Hüttlová. 9. vyd. V Praze: I.L. Kober, 1949, 264 s. URL info
  • HOMÉROS. Homérova Ílias. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. Druhé, přepracované vydá. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1934, xxiv, 684. info
  • JOYCE, James. Odysseus. Translated by Ladislav Vymětal. Praha: Václav Petr, 1930, 459 s. info
  • HOMÉROS. Homérova Odysseia. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1921, xxxv, 544. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, projections, discussions, home readings
Assessment methods
Essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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