Myths of the Ancient World

Course: Folklore Studies, Ukrainian Language and Literature and Foreign Language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Myths of the Ancient World
Code
ДВС.2.03
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
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PLO 13. Analyze and interpret works of Ukrainian and foreign fiction and oral folk art, determine their specificity and place in the literary process. PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of texts of various styles and genres. PLO 24. Identify the main world mythologemes in author's and folklore works and carry out their analysis. PLO 25.2. Apply in practice the knowledge of the prototypes, motifs, formulas, and architecture of texts of various genres and subgenres typical of the world epic; to reveal in the textual space of the Ukrainian folk epic allusions to world cultural heritage
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful completion of the course: "Mythology", "World Epic". Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of world mythology. Possession of the methodology of scientific research, search and processing of educational and scientific information; use of professional informative sources on mythology; critical attitude to the analyzed phenomena. Ability to work with various sources of educational and scientific information, process it, make generalizations and conclusions; to collect and analyze information regarding the understanding of the essence of the mythological cultures of the peoples of the world.
Course content
Purpose of discipline – to form a system of knowledge about the most ancient culture of myth-making in the students of education. Annotation. The educational discipline "Myths of the Ancient World" belongs to the list of electives, taught in the fifth semester of the bachelor's degree - in accordance with the curriculum of the educational and professional program "Folklore, Ukrainian language and literature and foreign language". The structure of the course provides for consideration of the theoretical foundations of the study of mythological systems of the Ancient World. Mastering the volume of issues considered in the course gives students the opportunity to form an idea of ​​the formation, existence and development of the mythological consciousness of the era of the most ancient civilizations.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Mythology: study guide / Oksana Darmoriz. Lviv: LNU named after Ivan Franko, 2010. 248 p. 2. Dictionary of ancient mythology/ comp. I.Ya. Kozovyk, O.D. Ponomariv: introduction article by A.O. Biletskyi; resp.ed. A.O. Biletskyi 2nd edition Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1989. 240 p. 3. Barth R. Mythology. M., 2000. 4. Bart R. Izbr. Works: Semiotics. Poetics./ Trans. from French M., 1989. 5. Potebnia A.A. Word and myth. M.: Pravda, 1989. 6. Eliade M. Sacred and worldly. M., 1994. 7. Levi-Strauss K. Structural anthropology. Kyiv: Osnovy, 1997.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
вlitz-survey, performance of an individual task, control work, test
Assessment methods and criteria
During the semester, evaluation is carried out according to the types of works and the form of the counter. The credit is given based on the results of the student's work throughout the entire semester and does not include additional assessment measures. Students who scored the minimum positive number of points - 60, receive - "enrolled". Students who did not score the minimum positive number of points - 60, receive - "not enrolled". Students who scored a total of less than 60 points during the semester must prepare material on the topics for which the debt arose, in the form of writing independent papers, essays, or, if necessary, write a control paper.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian Language

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