ESB152 Ancient Mythology in the Modern Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 zruseno C21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: the influence of ancient mytology on the culture and literature of the time period from Renaissance to 21th century.
Syllabus
  • The ancient mytologie - the main topics (especially from Ovid´s Metamorphoses and Virgil´s Aeneis) The depicting of some exemples of the ancient mytology in the time period from Renaissance to 21th century.
Literature
  • OVIDIUS. Proměny. Edited by Ivan Bureš. Vyd. 3, v Nakl. Plot 1. Praha: Plot, 2005, 480 s. ISBN 8086523632. info
  • ELIADE, Mircea. Mýty, sny a mystéria. Translated by Jiří Vízner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1998, 195 s. ISBN 80-86005-63-1. info
  • BORGES, Jorge Luis and Margarita GUERRERO. Fantastická zoologie. Praha: Odeon, 1988. info
  • VERGILIUS. Aeneis. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. Ve Svobodě vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, 427 s. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
Written test, readings, homeworks.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny oboru MU !.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bc. estetiky, kteří začali své studium před více než třemi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si tento předmět nemohou zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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