ESB152 Ancient Mythology in the Modern Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, 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
Tue 14:10–15:45 zruseno D11
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
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
  • FRAZER, James George. Zlatá ratolest. Translated by Erich Herold - Věra Heroldová-Šťovíčková. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 671 s. ISBN 9788073800178. info
  • OVIDIUS. Proměny. Edited by Ivan Bureš. Vyd. 3, v Nakl. Plot 1. Praha: Plot, 2005, 480 s. ISBN 8086523632. info
  • ROBBINS, Tom. Parfém bláznivého tance. Translated by Tomáš Hrách. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2003, 379 s. ISBN 8072035231. info
  • PUHVEL, Jaan. Srovnávací mythologie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 395 s. ISBN 80-7106-177-8. info
  • KRATOCHVIL, Jiří. Orfeus z Kénigu. Brno: Atlantis, 1994. ISBN 8071080616. info
  • FRAZER, James George. Zlatá ratolest [Frazer, 1994] : The golden bough (Orig.). Vyd. 2. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 632 s. ISBN 80-204-0488-0. info
  • GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust. Edited by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 1. Aufl. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1971, 779 s. info
  • VERGILIUS. Aeneis. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. Ve Svobodě vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, 427 s. info
  • GOGOL‘, Nikolaj Vasil‘jevič. Mirgorod : povídky, které jsou pokračováním Večerů na dědince nedaleko Dikaňky. Translated by Stanislav Minařík. V Praze: Stanislav Minařík, 1931. 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
The course is taught annually.
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. Pro ostatní obory není zápis omezen.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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