FF:PAPVB_36 Mythology and Iconography - Course Information
PAPVB_36 Mythology and Iconography of the Ancient Near East
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Frans Wiggermann (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Tereza Walsbergerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts - 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Basic insight in the relation between the oral, written, and visual/archaeological sources for the religions of Ancient Near East.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to: - understand - reproject - to use acquired knowledge about religion, rituals and magical practices of Ancient Mesopotamia
- Syllabus
- History general
- Religion general
- Language and writing
- Art and Iconography
- Literature, Myth and Epic
- Magic and Divination
- Pantheon and Pandemonium
- Prayer and Person
- Sages, Wisdom and Ethics
- Tempel and Ziqqurat
- Death, Afterlife, Ghosts
- Literature
- the literature (pdf) to be studied will be handed over during the course
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with power point, brief essays on specific points by the students.
- Assessment methods
- Discussion of individual essays, written exam at the end.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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