Overview
Aims
1. Appropriate use of specific language in communication with different professional environments;
2. Use of specialized knowledge to explain and interpret new situations, in broader contexts associated with the field;
3. Integrated use of the conceptual and methodological apparatus, in conditions of incomplete information, to solve new theoretical and practical problems;
4. Nuanced and pertinent use of evaluation criteria and methods, to formulate value judgments and substantiate constructive decisions;
1. Integrated interpretation in various contexts, national and European, of Romanian literature, with the explanation in a multidisciplinary context of complex cultural phenomena;
2. Formulation and motivation, within professional projects, of a personal point of view in relation to literary and cultural phenomena and texts;
3. Elaboration of a research project on the work of a writer/a literary era/a literary school/a group of thematically or ideologically related texts, using appropriately the concepts and methods of literary and comparative studies;
4. Execution of complex professional tasks, under conditions of autonomy and professional independence;
Course contents
I. THE HOMERIC EPOCH: The Iliad and the Odyssey II. THE LATIN EPOSULUS: P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphosis
III. THE ROUND TABLE NOVELS
IV. EPIC POEMS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: The Song of Roland, Tristan, The Song of the Cid, Parsifal (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
V. MEDIEVAL SATIRICAL ALLEGORY: Renart the Fox. Richard de Fournival, The Bestiary of Love. François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel VI. GERMAN MEDIEVAL ERA: Beowolf. The Song of the Nibelungs VII. THE NORTHERN MEDIEVAL EPOS: Edda. Snorri's Edda. The Icelandic saga. Njala, Saga about Njal VIII. BETWEEN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Pierre Corneille, Cid. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust
IX. The Myth of Dracula: from Bram Stoker to Marin Mincu
X. DACIAN MYTHOLOGY: Mihail Sadoveanu, The Golden Bough.
XI. THE EUROPEAN'S SHIPWRECK ON AN EXOTIC ISLAND
XII. MYTHS IN ROMANIAN LITERATURE: the myth of Jonah: Ioana Pârvulescu, The Prophecy;
the myth of creation: Radu Paraschivescu, The Devil's Bridge;
the myth of the crusade: Simona Antonescu, The Last Crusade;
the myth of nationalism: Eugen Uricaru, The Garden of Paradise.
Learning outcomes
C7. Is aware of the intercultural dimension, showing openness and sensitivity to cultural differences and activating the principle of intercultural dialogue.
Assessment
Final oral exam 25%, seminar activity 75%