Ancient mythology and modernity

Course: Classical Philology and English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Ancient mythology and modernity
Code
ННД.29
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. To work effectively with information: to select the necessary information from various sources, in particular from professional literature and electronic databases, to analyze critically, to interpret, to arrange, to classify and to systematize it. PLO 4. To understand the fundamental principles of human, nature and society being. PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of ancient Greek and Latin languages texts of various styles and genres. PLO 16. To know and to understand the basic concepts and categories of Сlassical Philology and the theoretical principles of General Linguistics, to be able to apply them in professional activities.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To gain general knowledge about the historical and cultural contexta of Antiquity, basic knowledge about Ancient Mythology; basic knowledge of the grammar of the Latin and Ancient Greek languages, initial skills of the analysis and interpretation of literary works with the mythological background.
Course content
The purpose of the course "Ancient Mythology and Modernity" is to acquaint students with the latest approaches to the definition and understanding of myth, the history of ancient mythology and its structural and typological features (chronology, hierarchical principle of construction, classification), the sources of the mythological tradition, the reception of the ideas of the Hellenes and Romans in European culture. Abstract. The course consists of two substantive parts. The first one is devoted to the theory and functions of myth as a primitive form of the spiritual culture of mankind, the evolution of the mythological worldview of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the periodization of mythology, the classification of ancient myths; the second one is to study of the history of the formation of mythological images: from archaic mixanthropism and teratomorphism to classical anthropomorphism; the influence of ancient mythology on the development of European civilization and world culture.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Парандовський Я. Міфологія. – К.: Вид-во «Молодь», 1977. – 231 с. Hamilton E.: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2017. – 384 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes; video materials and presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint), excursion; independent work (preparation of materials on a given topic, report, presentations, creative project)
Assessment methods and criteria
The semester number of points is formed by the points obtained by the student in the process of learning the material from the entire educational course. The overall grade for the semester consists of points received for classroom and independent work. The final assessment is conducted in the form of a credit. 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 submit and defend their presentations no later than the last week of lectures. 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 "failed". A detailed description of the forms, criteria and organization of assessment is given in the working course program, published on the official website of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Hryhorivna Mykhailova
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology