Cultural studies of symbols
Course: Cultural Studies 2020
Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy
Title
Cultural studies of symbols
Code
ВБ 2.5
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1. To have the skills of critical thinking, to present their own thoughts in a clear way, to make their arguments.
2. To analyze, comment and summarize scientific and analytical texts of culturological format.
5. To collect, organize and analyze information on cultural phenomena, events, historical and cultural processes.
8. To interpret cultural sources (material, printed, visual, artistic) using special literature and certain methods, tо reasonably present conclusions regarding their content.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before starting this course, students should know the main stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process; stages and specifics of the development of the artistic sphere; have basic knowledge of the courses "History of Philosophy", "Religious Studies", "Ethics", "Aesthetics", "History of World and Ukrainian Culture", "Culturology".
2. To be able to collect and interpret information about the phenomena and phenomena of culture, cultural processes and events; analyze the acquired theoretical knowledge; to navigate the main stages of cultural and historical transformations, the history of the formation of world cultures and their artistic and artistic specificity.
3. Possess elementary skills of scientific research and analysis of cultural information; the use of foreign language professional cultural information sources; analysis of various stages of formation of world cultures.
Course content
Symbols in primitive culture
Symbols of Trypil civilization
Symbolic systems of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Symbols in the cultures of Ancient China and India
The symbolic basis of early Christian and Byzantine cultures
Romanticism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: A Return to Symbolism
Symbolism as an artistic direction: theoretical basis and artistic practice
Symbol and simulacrum in the culture of the 20th century
Symbolic theories of E. Cassirer and S. Langer. Symbol concepts in semiotics and structuralism
The study of symbols in the context of psychoanalysis and depth psychology
Problems of the symbol and artistic creativity in the theories of E. Panofskyi, J. Campbell, J. Geisinga, U. Eco, M. Eliade
Symbol problems in the research of modern Ukrainian scientists
Modern Ukrainian symbolism in painting and graphics
Modern Ukrainian symbolism in sculpture and media works
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral presentation, additions and participation in discussions at seminars: RN 24 / 48 points
2. self-study (cultural study of symbols): 24 / 32 points
Final control work in written form - 12 / 20 points
Final assessment in the form of credit.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
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Departments
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