15MKMK016 - World Literature 1

Course specification
Course title		World Literature 1
Acronym		15MKMK016
Study programme		Hungarian language and literature
Module
Type of study		first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Čila Utaši
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		as. Lenke Kočiš
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition		None.	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		The aim is to enable the student to identify the thematic-motive, genre-poetic main emphases points in literature from its European beginnings until the Renaissance. He should be able to reveal through the textual analysis of the work the development and the changes in the history of culture.
The outcome		The student should be able to orient in some eras of world literature until the Renaissance, to reveal the logics and the connections between eras and to successfully approach towards the work through context.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Theoretical classes: Introduction to the science about world literature (the concept and interpretation of world literature, schools, scientific methods). Introduction to interpreting texts from the Bible. Song of Songs. Introduction to Mythology. Research on Myths and Symbols (Kassirer, Jung, Gadamer, Foucault, Meletinsky, Levi-Strauss). Greek and Roman Mythology. The Creation of the World. Heroes of love, adventures and the Trojan War. Greek literature. Homeros: Ilyada. Greek literature. Homeros: Odysseia. The birth of tragedy, Greek tragedy. (Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound). Greek tragedy (Sophocles: Philoctetes). Greek tragedy (Euripides: Alcestis). Platon: Semiotics.............. Antic Greek erotic adventurous novel (Longus: Daphnis and Chloé, Heliodorus: Aethiopica). Anthic Latin adventurous novel (Petronius: Trimalchio's Dinner Party, Apuleius: Golden Ass). Literature of the Middle Age (Villon).
Contents of exercises		Practical classes: interactive work analysis, writing excersises, essays.
Literature
Babits Mihály: Az európai irodalom története. Szépirodalmi, Budapest, 1957 (Original title) Pál József: Világirodalom. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 (Original title) Kott, Jan: Istenevők. Vázlatok a görög tragédiáról. Európa, Bp., 1998 (Original title) Németh–Ritoók–Sarkady–Szilágyi: Görög művelődéstörténet. Osiris, Budapest, 2006 (Original title) Falus Róbert: Az antik világ irodalmai. Budapest, Gondolat, 1980 (Original title) Szerb Antal: A világirodalom története Magvető Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1962 (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2
Methods of teaching		lectures, presentations, interactive analyses of works, developing writing skills
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper	0
Practical lessons		20	Oral examination	70
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