European Cultures,
summer semester, 2014/2015
General Courses:
Polish language Physical Training -
Compulsory courses ................................................................................................................................ 2
Work and organisational psychology .................................................................................................. 2
Elective courses ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Corporate culture and organizational change..................................................................................... 7
Contemporary dilemmas in the process of Youth development in Europe...................................... 10
Eastern and Central Europe under Soviet Domination (1939-1989) ................................................ 13
Private Life in Ancient Greece and Rome .......................................................................................... 16
Archaeology of Mediaeval Europe .................................................................................................... 21
The Roots of Theatre ......................................................................................................................... 25
History of Western Medieval Art ...................................................................................................... 29
Compulsory courses
1.
Course/module
2.
Work and organisational psychology
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, Institute of Psychology
3.
Course/module code
4.
7.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
compulsory
University subject (programme/major)
European Cultures
Degree: (master, bachelor)
I, Bachelor
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
10.
seminar 30 h
Name, Surname, academic title
Katarzyna Durniat, Ph.D., Dorota Kanafa-Chmielewska, Ph.D.
5.
6.
11.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
12.
Objectives
To present selected contemporary trends in theoretical considerations and research
and their results within the field of psychology.
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols:
13.
has basic knowledge of the consequences of political
and economical transformations for social and
cultural life
K_W05,
knows main motifs in common symbolic sphere of
the communication of European communities
K_W06,
has basic knowledge of the process of uniting the
European communities within common cultural
frames
knows basic problems analyzed within studies on
psychology of behaviours of European communities
K_W12,
K_W14,
has the ability to identify and use basic principles of
political behaviours in European communities
K_U10,
can present basic consequences of the transfer of
values characteristic for European cultures to
external cultures for the life of community members
undergoing acculturation
K_U11,
has the ability to define basic elements (values,
symbols, taboos) differentiating communities in
Europe
can define potential basic areas of conflict and cooperation between the representatives of individual
cultures, especially European and non-European in
the conditions of joint professional work
K_U12,
K_U13,
has the ability to critically assess specialist scientific
studies describing the history and the present day of
European cultures
is aware of the role of culture in preserving the
identity of communities;
K_U04,
understands the specificity of European
multiculturalism and promotes the knowledge on it,
emphasizing its historical dimension and the changes K_K01,
taking place in the cultural sphere under the
influence of political transformations
K_K03,
can initiate and coordinate work in a team
comprising members of various cultures, including
European cultures
14.
K_K08
Content
1. Introduction to work and organizational psychology.
2. Models of leadership, measuring methods and their application.
15.
3. Structure of an organization, change and development.
4. Group and employee team in an organization.
5. Selection of personnel versus work performance.
6. Applications of personality variables in an organization.
7. Culture and atmosphere of an organization.
8. Professional stress.
9. Training seminars and personnel development.
10. Motivation.
11. Job satisfaction.
12. Citizen behaviours in an organization.
13. Counterproductive behaviours in an organization.
Recommended literature
Borman, W. C., Ilgen, D. R., Klimoski R. J. (2003). Handbook of Psychology vol. 12.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
Durniat, .K. (2012), Polish adaptation of L. Rosenstiel and R. Boegel’s organizational
climate diagnosis questionnaire. Polish Journal of Applied Psychology, 10,1, 147-168.
Furnham, A. (2007).The psychology of behavior at work. Psychology Press, Hove and
New York (selected chapters).
Hofstede, G. (1986). Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View.
Organization Studies, 7(2), 199-201.
Hofstede, G., Neuijen, B., Ohayv, D. D., Sanders, G. (1990). Measuring Organizational
Cultures: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study across Twenty Cases. Administrative
Science Quarterly, 35(2), 286-316.
Hofstede, G. (1997) Cultures and Organizations. Software of the Mind, MCGraw-Hill,
New York.
Maslach, Ch., Leiter, M. P. (2008). Early predictors of job burnout and engagement,
Journal of Applied Psychology, 3, 498-512.
Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W. B., Leiter, M. P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual Review of
Psychology, 52, 397-422.
Maslach, Ch. (1986). Stress, burnout, and workaholism. In: Professionals in distress:
Issues, syndromes, and solutions in psychology.(53-75). Kilburg, R. R.; Nathan, P. E.;
Thoreson, R. W.; Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.
McKenna, E. (2008). Business Psychology and Organizational Behaviour. A Students
Handbook. Psychology Press, Hove and New York (selected chapters).
Podsakoff, N. P., Whiting, S. W., Podsakoff, P. M., Blume, B. D. (2009). Individual- and
organizational-level consequences of organizational citizenship behaviors: A metaanalysis, Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(1), 122-141.
Spector, P. E.; Fox, S. (2010). Counterproductive Work Behavior and Organisational
Citizenship Behavior: Are They Opposite Forms of Active Behavior? Applied
Psychology: An International Review, 59(1), 21-39.
16.
17.
18.
Spector, P. E. (1997). Job satisfaction, London: Sage.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component,
methods of assessing academic progress:
lecture: multiple choice test
seminar:
laboratory:
conversatorium:
other:
Language of instruction
English
Student’s workload
Activity
Reading set literature and active participation in
content-related discussions.
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study
programme) :
- lecture (with elements of conversatorium):
- classes:
- laboratory:
- other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
Reading set literature on the subject, participation in
content-related discussions (critical analysis of the
content of scientific papers, research methodology
and the results of empirical studies)
- preparation before class:
- compilation of results:
- reading set literature:
- writing class report
- preparing for exam:
Hours:
Average number of hours
for the activity
60 hours
Number of ECTS
6
30 h (15 – Katarzyna Durniat,
Ph.D., 15 – Dorota KanafaChmielewska, Ph.D.)
60 hours
90
Elective courses
1.
Course/module
Corporate culture and organizational change
2.
University department
3.
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical,
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
5.
Elective
University subject (programme/major)
6.
Studies on past and contemporary European cultures
Degree: (master, bachelor)
7.
Bachelor
Year (if applicable)
8.
non applicable
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
non applicable
Form of tuition and number of hours
10.
Lectures – 30h
Name, Surname, academic title
11.
12.
13.
Kamila Kamińska, PhD
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
Basic knowladge in area of management and sociology
Objectives
After completing the course the student should be familiar with the basic concepts,
mechanisms and phenomena of the relevant to the subjest problems.
Student will have the ability to use theoretical knowledge in the analysis and diagnosis
of the organizational culture of selected companies and institutions of the public
sphere.
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols, e.g.:
K_W01*, K_U05, K_K03
14.
Has a basic knowledge of corporate culture, conflict
and change management
K_W05, K_U13
Knows and is able to use research models related to
the organization examination
K_W02
Take the initiative, developing a research
methodology
K_K04, K_K08
Is aware of the value transmission process, formed
around them norms, myths and symbols
K_U01
Content
Corporate culture models
Corporate cultures elements
Organizational and transformative learning models
Cross cultural context of organization
In (ex) clusion of individuals and groups manifestations
Educational space culture
Organizational change
Role of conflict in organizations
Power and resistance in corporate culture
Ethnographic studies – introduction to methodology
Moving into practice (in field research and study)
15.
Recommended literature
Cameron, K. & Quinn, R. (1999). Diagnosing and changing organizational culture
Robert J. House Culture, Leadership, and Organizations
Marieke de Mooij and Geert Hofstede The Hofstede model Applications to global branding
and advertising strategy and research
Schein, Edgar (2004). Organizational Culture and Leadership. Third edition. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass. Chapter 1
Alvesson, Mats (2002). Understanding Organizational Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapters 1 & 2
16.
17.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component, methods
of assessing academic progress:
lecture: attendance
class: project, active participation in classes
laboratory:
seminar:
other:
Language of instruction
18.
English
Student’s workload
Activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study programme)
:
- lecture:
- classes:
- laboratory:
- other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class (lecture, etc.)
- research outcomes:
- reading set literature:
- writing course report:
- preparing for exam:
- preparing a project:
Average number of hours
for the activity
30
20
60
40
Hours
150
Number of ECTS
6
1.
2.
3.
4.
Course/module
Contemporary dilemmas in the process of Youth development in Europe
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, Institute of Psychology
Course/module code
7.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
elective
University subject (programme/major)
European cultures
Degree: (master, bachelor)
I, Bachelor
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
10.
Lecture, 15 hours
Name, Surname, academic title
Alicja Senejko, Ph.D.
5.
6.
11.
12.
13.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
Basic knowledge of psychology
Objectives
 Familiarizing students with selected problems of identity shaping in the era
of globalisation
 Characteristics of the process of moral development of contemporary
adolescents
 Overview of typical dangers experienced by contemporary youth and the
specificity of their management
 Selected issues on mental disorders and behaviour of adolescents and young
adults
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols



has basic knowledge of contemporary
research trends and methodological
reflection within the scope of culture
studies
has basic knowledge of the consequences of
political and economic transformations for
social and cultural life
knows crucial problems analyzed as part of
the studies on psychology of behaviours of
European communities
K_W02; H1A_W03
1_W05; H1A_W08
K_W14; H1A_W06


has the ability to identify basic elements
(values, symbols, taboos) differentiating
communities in Europe
is aware of the role of culture in preserving
the identity of communities
K_U12; H1A_U04
K_K01; H1A_K05
14.
Content
 Attitude towards the processes of globalization: Questionnaire “World-Me”:
the results of studies carried out with the participation of Polish, English and
Spanish youth
 Specificity of shaping the identity according to J.Marcia and M.Berzonsky.
Questionnaire of identity styles, ISI: the results of studies on Polish, English
and Spanish youth
 Moral development of the adolescents on the example of the results of
studies carried out with the participation of Wrocław and Kraków school
youth
 Overview of typical dangers experienced by contemporary youth and the
specificity of managing such dangers: questionnaire PSPDQ diagnosing the
dangers and defences of the youth: the results of cross-cultural studies
 Youth depression: characteristics, results of studies and prevention of
depressive disorders
 Risky behaviours of the youth: types, characteristics, possibilities of limiting
the share of risky behaviours in the set of typical behaviours of adolescents
and young adults
15.
Recommended literature
Adams G.R., Berzonsky,M.D.(eds)(2004).Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence.
Malden, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
Senejko A., Gurba E. (eds) (2008). Polish Psychological Bulletin, vol.39, no 3.
Oleszkowicz A., Senejko A. (2011). Dorastanie W: J. Trempała(red.) Psychologia
Rozwoju Człowieka, s.259-286, Warszawa: PWN
16.
17.
18.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component,
methods of assessing academic progress:
lecture: knowledge test
seminar:
laboratory:
conversatorium:
other:
Language of instruction
English
Student’s workload
Activity
Average number of hours
attendance and participation in the lecture
for the activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study
programme):
lecture: 15 hours
class:
laboratory:
other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class:
- compilation of results:
- reading set literature:
- writing a class report
- preparation for the examination
Hours:
15 hours
Number of ECTS
3
1.
Course/module
Eastern and Central Europe under Soviet Domination (1939-1989)
2.
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Studies, Institute of History
3.
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
5.
elective
University subject (programme/major)
6.
European cultures
Degree: (master, bachelor)
7.
I, Bachelor
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
10.
seminar, 30 h
Name, Surname, academic title
11.
12.
13.
Jakub Tyszkiewicz, prof.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
Basic knowledge of history of Europe (or Central and Eastern European countries
since 1945 )
Knowledge of analysis historical sources
Objectives
Presenting main historical changes in Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet
domination in the 20th century
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols, e.g.:
has demonstrated the knowledge of historical
K_W01*, K_U05, K_K03
th
changes in the second half of the 20 century
creating contemporary Central and Eastern European K_W05
societies
has demonstrated the knowledge of historical
changes in the second half of the 20th century that
created contemporary Central European societies
is able to analyse professional literature regarding
history and contemporary times critically
K_W11
K_U04
is able to analyse historical conditions of functioning
of contemporary European societies
K_U08
has demonstrated the understanding of the role of
complex character of culture
K_K01
K_K05
is able to use historical arguments to analyse
contemporary events
14.
Content
Comparison of ideological influence of communism in so-called “Soviet Bloc” since
1945 till 1989
Showing political, social and economic changes in those countries during that time.
An attitude of societies towards an imposed communist system with putting stress on
efforts of social resistance against communists in the GDR, Bulgaria and
Czechoslovakia in 1953, Hungary and Poland 1956, Prague Spring 1968, Poland 1968,
1970, 1976 and during “Solidarity” movement.
reasons of a decline and a collapse of the system in the 1980ties
15.
Recommended literature
Joseph Rotshild, Nancy M. Wingfield, Return to Diversity. A Political History of East
Central Europe since World War II, New York, Oxford University Press 2008
Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe. Challenges to Communist Rule, ed. by
Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe, New York, Oxford, Berg 2006
From Stalinism to Pluralism. A Documentary History of Eastern Europe since 1945, ed.
Gale Stokes, New York, Oxford University Press 1996
16.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component, methods
of assessing academic progress:
class:
K_W01, K_W02, K_W09: activity during discussions
K_U01, K_U04: activity during discussions
K_U04, K_U07: an essay
K_K02, K_K04: activity during discussions
K_K05: an essay
other:
17.
Language of instruction
18.
Student’s workload
Activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study programme)
:
- lecture:
- classes:
- laboratory:
- other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class (lecture, etc.)
- research outcomes:
- reading set literature:
- writing course report:
- preparing for exam:
Average number of hours
for the activity
30
30
30
90
Hours
0
180
Number of ECTS
6
1.
Course/module
Private Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
2.
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Studies, Institute of History
3.
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
elective (optional)
5.
University subject (programme/major)
European cultures
6.
Degree: (master, bachelor)
I, Bachelor
7.
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester
summer
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
lecture, 30 hours
10.
Name, Surname, academic title
Andrzej Wypustek, Ph.D., associate professor
11.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
English fluency, basic knowledge of ancient civilisations and history
Objectives
Lectures will focus on the history of private life in Greece and Rome, with emphasis
on the following issues: childhood, puberty, intimate life, family and marriage, the
status of women, old age and dying. Main categories of relevant sources will be
discussed, literary and sub-literary (epigraphical, papyrological) as well.
12.
13.
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols, e.g.:
K_W01*, K_U05, K_K03
The student has an advanced understanding of the
historical social, economic and cultural
transformations that have shaped public GrecoRoman cities, and had an integral impact on the
formation and functioning of the European
communities during later eras up to the modern
times
K_W01, K_W03
K_W02, K_W04, K_W05,
K_W06, K_W07, K_W08,
K_W11, K_W12, K_W13,
K_W17, K_W19
The student knows the tools, research and
methodological issues relevant to the social history
of the Greco-Roman times, as well as specific
terminology (historical, archaeological,
anthropological, sociological, economic) and the
areas of research and teaching aids to enable him a
description of everyday life Greco-Roman cities. At
the same time understands the relationship between
social and economic discourse and modern
philosophical and ideological issues. He knows the
current trends of social historical research, as well as
the scientific and research centers involved in this
K_W09, K_W10
issue.
Student has the knowledge needed to analyze and
interpret historical and archaeological sources in the
historical reconstruction of everyday life in GrecoRoman times, and understands the usefulness of the
various categories of sources for the study of the
ancient structures of everyday life.
Based on the knowledge gained student can
formulate his own opinions and research problems,
as well as to use results of modern research for his
own study of various issues of daily life in the GrecoRoman era.
K_U09, K_U13, K_U14
K_K01
Student understands and accepts the need for
ethical standards in the work of ancient historian
and archaeologist.
K_K02
Student understands the need for continuous
development of professional competence and
personal and social skills.
K_K03
Student is able to solve problems in the field of
social history and also is able to analyze them and
present them while participating in team projects.
K_K07
Student is aware of the role played by the cultures of
ancient societies in the identity of modern Europe
and seeks to show the relationships between
antiquity and modern life.
Student s shows self-reliance and independence of
formulating thoughts in mind at the same time
having respect for different, social, cultural, or
ideological views. He shows the awareness of the
responsibility for providing an image of history,
which is consistent with the current state of
archaeological and historical knowledge.
14.
Content
Schedule of lectures for Greece:
1) Greece:
2) Birth and childhood
3) Young age, puberty and education
4) Relationships, sex and gender
5) Betrothal and wedding
6) The status of women
7) Family life
8) Married life
9) Non-marital relationships, concubines
10) Separation and divorce, adultery
11) Marriage in Hellenistic age
12) Old age
13) Dying and death
14) Greek ideas of afterlife
Schedule of lectures for Rome:
1) Birth and childhood
2) Young age, puberty and education
3) Relationships, sex and gender
4) Betrothal and wedding
5) The status of women
6) Family life
7) Married life
8) Non-marital relationships, concubines
9) Separation and divorce, adultery
10) Marriage in Greek-Roman era
11) Old age
12) Dying and death
13) Private life of Early Christians
14) Late Antiquity
K_K08, K_K10
15.
Recommended literature
Adkins, L. and R.A. Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. New York, 1994.
Balsdon, J.P.V.D. Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome. New York, 1969
Casson, L. Everyday Life in Ancient Rome. Baltimore, 1998.
Cowell, F.R. Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome, Westwood 1991.
Crook, J.A. Law and life of Rome. London, 1967.
Dupont, F. Daily Life in Ancient Rome. Oxford, 1992.
Garland, R. Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks. Westport,1998
Garland, R. The Greek Way of Life. Ithaca, 1990
16.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component, methods
of assessing academic progress:
lecture:
class: credit
laboratory:
seminar:
other:
Total number of ECTS points is added after completion of the course, i.e. writing an
essay/preparing presentation, taking active part in discussions.
Methods of assessing academic progress in specific outcomes:
K_W02, K_W04, K_W05, K_W06, K_W07, K_W08, K_W11, K_W12, K_W13, K_W17,
K_W19
K_K01, K_K02, K_K07, K_K08, K_K10 activity during discussions
K_U09, K_U13, K_U14, K_W09, K_W10 an essay/presentation
17.
Language of instruction
English
18.
Student’s workload
Activity
credit based on attendance (1 ECTS), active
participation (1 ECTS), presentation delivered on a
selected topic involving ancient history (1 ECTS)
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study programme)
:
- lecture:
- classes: 30
- laboratory:
- other:
Average number of hours
for the activity
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class (lecture, etc.) 30
60
30
- research outcomes:
- reading set literature: 30
- writing course report:
- preparing for exam:
Hours
90
Number of ECTS
3
1.
Course/module
2.
Archaeology of Mediaeval Europe
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Studies, Institute of Archaeology
3.
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
elective
5.
University subject (programme/major)
European cultures
6.
Degree: (master, bachelor)
I, Bachelor
7.
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
seminar, 30 hours
10.
Name, Surname, academic title
Lech Marek, Ph.D.
11.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
12.
knowledge: The student has knowledge of basic cultural relations of mediaeval
Europe
competences: The student is prepared to discuss the issues of cultural relations
in Europe.
Objectives
Learning about the European culture based on archaeological sources from the turn of
early and late Middle Ages.
13.
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols:
The student has organized, in-depth knowledge of
the archaeology of mediaeval Europe.
K_W01, K_W11
Has detailed knowledge of research schools of
archaeology of the Middle Ages.
K_W02
The student can synthesize the knowledge of
archaeology and history of the Middle Ages, can
assess and identify various categories of
monuments, understands the complexity of cultural
transformation processes.
The student understands the necessity to
continuously follow the latest publications within
the field of specialization. Correctly identifies and
solves research problems in archaeology.
14.
Subject areas:
I Settlement – culture of inhabiting
1. Rural settlement
2. Proto-municipal and municipal settlement
3. Culture of inhabiting
II Manifestation of secular power in architecture
4. City walls
5. Manifestation of power
III Craftsmanship, material culture versus everyday life
6. Technology and craftsmanship
K_U04, K_U06
K_K09
7. Material culture
IV Travelling, transport, trade exchange
8. Travelling and transport
9. Exchange and trade
V Religions, temples
10. Religions
11. Religious architecture
VI Death, culture of dying
12. Anthropological research
13. Places of memorials
VII War in the Middle Ages
14. Legal, ethical and religious aspects versus archaeological sources
15. Weaponry
15.
Recommended literature
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe
Eight to Twelfth Centuries A.D.
2007 (red.) James Graham Campbell i Magdalena Valor
Acta Jutlandica LXXXIII-1; Humanities Series 79,
Aarhus University Press
16.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component,
methods of assessing academic progress:
lecture:
seminar:
laboratory:
conversatorium: preparing for a discussion during classes based on set literature;
oral credit test at the end of the semester; active participation during classes is also
assessed
other:
17.
Language of instruction
Polish
18.
Student’s workload
Activity
Average number of hours
for the activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study
programme):
- lecture:
- classes:
30
- laboratory:
- other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class:
- compilation of results:
- reading set literature:
- writing class report:
- preparing for exam:
Hours
Number of ECTS
6
1.
Course/module
2.
The Roots of Theatre
University department
3.
Department of Historical and Pedagogical Studies
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
5.
optional
University subject (programme/major)
6.
European Cultures
Degree: (master, bachelor)
7.
bachelor
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
10.
lecture, 30 hrs; seminar, 60 hrs
Name, Surname, academic title
11.
12.
13.
Kocur, Mirosław, PhD
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
A basic familiarity with examples of old and modern theatre performances, ablility to
interpret simple performative events.
Objectives
Presentation of and discussion on the anthropological sources of the art of performer,
the archaeology of the performative space, the performativity of the writing, and the
dance as a source of culture
Learning outcomes:
Outcome symbols, e.g.:
K_W01*, K_U05, K_K03
Knows how to relate the art of performer to human
K_W01, K_W05
evolution in Europe.
Knows the recent research on the performative
sources of European culture.
Knows modern reconstructions of the birth of the
ancient theatre.
Understands the basic differences between the
ancient and Christian performativities.
Is familiar with the main evidence of cultural
performances in early Europe.
Understands the workings of human body and voice.
Can recognize and interpret the traces of an old
cultural performance.
Can analyze the archaeological and iconographic
evidence in performative terms.
Is able to recognize historic sources of modern
theatre events.
Can use neuroscience and biology to interpret and
stimulate the art of performer.
Is determined to independently interpret the sources,
and critical towards established views.
Recognizes performative sources of identity.
Open to contrary views and to dialogue.
Continues to study and popularize science,
Participates in cultural life and scientific pursuits.
K_W04
K_W02
K_W08
K_W07
K_W02
K_U03
K_U08
K_U01, K_U02, K_U06
K_U10, K_U13
K_K05
K_K01, K_K03
K_K04, K_K08
K_K06
K_K02, K_K07
14.
Content
15.
The Root Techniques Today: Bali and Tibet
Descend of the Performer
Paleoperformances
Theatre of the Text
Neurology of the Performer
Dance as a Source of the Ancient Greek Theatre
The Second Birth of European Theatre in Medieval Monasteries
The Roots of the Elizabethan Theatre
Back to the Sources: Performative Turn in the Modern Theatre
The Root Techniques in Polish Contemporary Theatre
Recommended literature
Arbib M.A., How the Brain Got Language: The Mirror System Hypothesis, Oxford:
16.
Oxford University Press 2012.
Assmann J., Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt, Ithaca: Cornell University Press
2005.
Bramble D.M. and D.E. Lieberman, Endurance running and the evolution of Homo,
Nature 432, 345-352.
Csapo E. and M.C. Miller, The origins of Theatre in Ancient Greece and Beyond,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007.
Fitch W.T., The Evolution of Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010.
Garfinkel Y., Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture, Austin: University of Texas Press
2003.
Hodder I., The Leopard’s Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Çatalhöyük, London:
Thames and Hudson 2006.
Jensen M.S., Writing Homer: A Study Based on Results from Modern Fieldwork,
Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 2011.
Lewis-Williams J.D., The Mind in the Cave: Consiousness and the Origin of Art,
London: Thames and Hudson 2002.
McGilchrist I., The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the
Western World, New Haven: Yale University Press 2009.
Montelle Y.-P., Paleoperformance: The Emergence of theatricality as social practice,
New York: Seagull Books 2009.
Powell B.B., Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press 2002.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component, methods
of assessing academic progress:
lecture:
class:
laboratory:
seminar:
other:
Methods of assessing academic progress in specific outcomes:
K_W01: activity in discussions
K_W02: activity in discussions
K_W04: a paper
K_ W05: activity in discussions
K_W07: a paper
K_W08: activity in discussions
K_U01: activity in discussions
K_U02: activity in discussions
K_U03: a paper
K_U06: activity in discussions
K_U08: a paper
K_U10: activity in discussions
17.
18.
K_U13: activity in discussions
K_K01: activity in discussions
K_K02: a paper
K_K03: activity in discussions
K_K04: activity in discussions
K_K05: a paper
K_K06: activity in discussions
K_K07: a paper
K_K08: activity in discussions
Language of instruction
English
Student’s workload
Activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study programme)
:
- lecture:
- classes: 30
- laboratory:
- other:
Average number of hours
for the activity
30
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class (lecture, etc.)
- research outcomes:
- reading set literature:
- writing course report:
- preparing for exam:
Hours
30
10
30
30
30
150
Number of ECTS
3
1.
Course/module
History of Western Medieval Art
2.
University department
Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences
3.
Course/module code
4.
Course/module type – mandatory (compulsory) or elective (optional)
elective
5.
University subject (programme/major)
European cultures
6.
Degree: (master, bachelor)
I, Bachelor
7.
Year (if applicable)
8.
Semester (autumn, spring)
9.
Form of tuition and number of hours
seminar, 30 h
10.
Name, Surname, academic title
Aleksandra Szewczyk, Ph.D.
11.
Initial requirements (knowledge, skills, social competences) regarding the
course/module and its completion
12.
Objectives
The primary goal of the course will be to encourage an active critical approach to works
of medieval art within their historical context and cultural setting by addressing issues
such as politics, religion, patronage, function, as well as the socioeconomic changes
reflected in the works of artists.
13.
Learning outcomes
Outcome symbols, e.g.:
K_W01*, K_U05, K_K03
Has basic knowledge of the consequences of the
political and economic transformations for social and
cultural life
Knows main motifs in common symbolic sphere of the
communication of European communities
K_W05
K_W06
Knows principal developmental lines of changes in the
function of art in European cultures
K_W07
Has the knowledge of basic elements of cultural
heritage
K_W08
Has become acquainted with the diversified impact of
different cultural traditions on individual European
cultures at different time periods
K_W09
Has basic knowledge of the process of uniting the
European communities within common cultural
frames
K_W12
Has the ability to read cultural messages formulated
for various social groups within a given culture
K_U01
Uses the knowledge of trends and specificity of
changes in European art to define the canon of
monuments and places, becoming acquainted with
which can explain individual aspects of a given culture
K_U05
to a specific group of recipients
Can indicate basic elements of individual European
culture based on selected monuments of art,
statement of symbolic nature and social behaviours
Has the ability to select and convey knowledge of
primary characteristics of European cultures to
potential recipients from outside Europe.
14.
K_U06
K_U07
Content
The course will cover the time period stretching between the 8th century and the end
of the 15th century, art-historically subdivided into a series of chronologically successive
eras – Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic, critically analyzed along cultural,
religious, and political distinctions on examples of various cultural artefacts
(architecture, sculpture and painting).
15.
Recommended literature
Georges. Duby, The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420, University of
Chicago Press 1983 (other editions available)
Johan Huizinga, The Autumn of the Middle Ages, University of Chicago Press 1996 (other
editions available)
Jacques Le Goff, Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages, University of Chicago Press
1982
Otto von Simson, The Gothic Cathedral: origins of Gothic architecture and the medieval concept
of order, various editions
Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, Band 5 -7: Das Mittelalter I, Das Mittelalter II, Spätmittelalter
und beginnende Neuzeit
Nicolaus Pevsner, An Outline of European Architecture, Penguin Art and Architecture 1991,
Thames & Hudson 2009
Wilibald Sauerländer, Cathedrals and Sculpture, Volume I, II, Pindar Press 1999, 2000
Erwin Panofsky, Gothic architecture and scholasticism, New American Library 1976
16.
Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course /particular component, methods
of assessing academic progress:
lecture:
seminar:
laboratory:
conversatorium: written term paper, active participation in classes
other:
17.
Language of instruction
English
18.
Student’s workload
Activity
Average number of hours
for the activity
Hours of instruction (as stipulated in study programme)
:
- lecture:
- classes:
30
- laboratory:
- other:
student’s own work, e.g.:
- preparation before class:
60
- collecting materials for term paper:
30
- developing the term paper and its possible correction
- consultations regarding term paper
20
- consultations regarding the contents of the classes
10
10
Hours
160
Number of ECTS
6