NJII_745B Heaven and Hell I: Motives and Images of the Early and High Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 G24
Prerequisites
Master level
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will be provided with the most important religious concepts about human life as a journey to paradise or hell. The main source will be German philosophical and literary texts and their reading and interpretation. The analysis will proceed from the early Middle Ages.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to assign the most important human concepts of heaven and hell to different periods of history and historical development.
Syllabus
  • The teaching programme is divided into two units: a) Texts (philosophical and mystical) and their analysis. b) Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy. Analysis of selected text sections.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Dante Alighieri: Božská komedie. Přeložil Vladimír Mikeš. Čs. spisovatel, Praha 1984.
  • Althochdeutsche Literatur: eine kommentierte Anthologie : althochdeutsch/neuhochdeutsch, altniederdeutsch/neuhochdeutsch. Translated by Stephan Müller. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2007. 412 s. ISBN 9783150184912.
  • Mystische Texte des Mittelalters. Herausgegeben und ausgewählt von Johanna Lewandowski. Stuttgart 1988.
    not specified
  • Thomas von Aquin: Summa contra gentiles. Band 3, Teil1, 3. Buch. Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Karl Allgaier. lateinischer Text besorgt von Leo Gerken. Darmstadt 2001.
  • Johann Huizinga: Podzim středověku. Paseka, Litomyšl 2010.
  • Meister Eckhart: Deutsche Predigten. Eine Auswahl Mhd.ÜNhd. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert von Ute Störmer-Caysa. Stuttgart 2001.
  • Bernard Lang - Colleen McDannell: Der Himmel. Eine Kulturgeschichte des ewigen Lebens. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990.
  • Angenendt, Arnold: Geschichte der Religiosität im Mittelalter. Darmstadt 2000.
  • Jako když dvoranou proletí pták. Antologie nejstarší anglické poezie a prózy (700-1100). Přeložili Jan Čermák a kolektiv. Triáda, Praha 2009.
Teaching methods
Lecture; translation; interpretation and analysis; discussion
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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