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Cultural Role of Greece and Italy Tours

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Course ID: 03-AP-CRG
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: Cultural Role of Greece and Italy Tours
Name in Polish: Cultural Role of Greece and Italy Tours
Organizational unit: Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology
Course groups: (in Polish) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk o Języku i Literaturze
(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla I roku studiów śródziemnomorskich w j. angielskim (st. magisterskie)
AMU-PIE offer, winter semester
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: English
Module type:

elective

Module learning aims:

Course aims:

– familiarize students with the influence of journeys to Italy and Greece upon formation of European culture from the antiquity to XXI century,

– familiarize students with the influence of journeys to Italy and Greece upon European literature from XVI to XXI century,

– develop student’s skills in recognition of inter-cultural context.

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement:

(in Polish) Lecture with a multimedia presentation, sound and/or video demonstration.

Student workload (ECTS credits):

(in Polish) 2

Full description:

Course learning content:

- journeys in antiquity, their conditions and function in culture and evolution throughout ages,

- discussing travelling symbols in culture and literature,

- place of Italy and Greece in the grand tours,

- influence of the grand tours upon English and culture and that of other peoples,

- journeys to Italy and Greece as inspiration of literature and art.

Bibliography:

Reading list:

Casson, L., Travel in the Ancient World, 1994.

Trease, G., The Grand Tour, 1967.

Secondary sources provided by teaching staff.

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

- provide a detailed account and analysis of claims made in a range of primary texts referring to journeys to Greece and Italy,

- determine symbolical function of such journeys,

- apply these in order to interpret specific character of Greek and Italian culture,

- describe the role of journey relation in European literature, especially Polish,

- describe the relation between Roman and Greek tradition with tourism and touristic industry.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Grade system:

very good (bdb; 5,0): Excellent (over 92% of points) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their effects on European and Polish culture.

good plus (+db; 4,5): Very good (84–91%) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their effects on European and Polish culture.

good (db; 4,0): Good (76–83%) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their s effects on European and Polish culture.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): Average (68–75%) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their effects on European and Polish culture.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): Sufficient (60–67%) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their effects on European and Polish culture.

unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): Poor (less than 60%) knowledge of the role and conditions of Greece and Italy tours and their effects on European and Polish culture.

Classes in period "Academic year 2021/2022, winter semestr" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-02-23
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
lecture, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Teodozja Wikarjak
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Examination: Course - Graded credit
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