Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Magyar Irodalom- és Kultúratudományi Intézet
- Kód
- BBI-MIR-854E
- Cím
- Világirodalom (középkor-barokk vagy 18-19. század)
- Tervezett félév
- Őszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2025/26/2
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- Knowledge: The goal is introduce major literary works and genres of the European literature from the Middle Ages to 1700, and to teach the students the literary forms, topoi and motifs either inherited from the Antiquity or created in the Middle Ages, belonging to the past or still present in contemporary art. Understanding the dichotomy between Latin and Vernacular, orality and literacy, Middle Ages and the diverse renaissances is also an important task to be taught. Skills: Students will be capable to analyse literary works they haven’t learned in secondary schools. They deepen their understanding on originality and imitation, as well as on the importance of rewriting in the transmission and reinterpretation of literary heritage. Attitudes: Students are required to be open to reading and interpreting unknown genres and works, and to be able to contextualize and to interpret literary works of remote times. Autonomy, responsibility: Students can interpret the secondary literature, and together with the help of the lectures, they can understand interpretations of literary works of the period. They must acquire a thorough knowledge of some parts of European literary heritage.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- The first half of the lectures give an introduction to European literature from the Middle Ages to 1700 concentrating on a specific periods, genres or poetical devices. The most important works of the period are analyzed and contextualized. The historical changes of literary genres, the uses of topoi and formal conventions are also demonstrated. This basic knowledge helps students to understand the European context of Hungarian literature, and to create a literary historical narrative of Europe. The reuse of classical heritage as well as the newly emerged literary forms of vernacular literatures, sometimes surviving till nowadays, are in the focus of the lectures. The second half of the lectures focuses on the most important epochs, authors and texts of European and American world literature in the 18-19th century. The course pays special attention to the peculiarities of national, regional and, if applicable, minority literature, as well as to the historical approaches of their genre and traditions. The student is be able to perceive the broadest literary-historical contexts. The student is able to compare the most peculiar literary phenomena of national literatures with each other on an elementary level, and is able to recognize the similarities and differences between in Hungarian and European literature.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Oral exam.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Selected works by Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Walter Scott, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.