Overview
Lecturer
Marcela Claudia Ciortea
Seminar tutor
Sorina Victoria
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Language and literature
Field of study
Romanian Language and Literature - English Language and Literature
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, applications
Entry requirements
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Aims
Interpretation and critical evaluation of the literary phenomenon of the Romanian culture and of the corresponding popular culture, in different contexts
Elaboration of specific and interdisciplinary projects for the theory of literature and universal and comparative literature, using modern methods and principles
Appropriate use of concepts in the study of literature theory and universal and comparative literature
Course contents
I. CULTURE, ACT ASSUMED
II. CULTURE AND VALUE
III. MAJOR CULTURE, MINOR CULTURE
IV. STATE AND LAW
V. DYNASTIES AND EMPIRES
VI. WOMEN AND CULTURE. SPOUSES AND LOVERS
VII. RELIGION AND DIVINATIONLearning outcomes
Acquiring the main concepts discussed in universal cultureAssessment
Combined oral and written examination to verify the quality and correctness of information assimilated. (50%+50%).
Recommended reading
Teorie și metodă. Eseu despre izvoarele aventurii metodologice moderne
BRAGA, Mircea
Editura Imago, Sibiu, 2002
Interpretation and overinterpretation. A debate with Richard Rorty, Jonathan Culler and Christine-Brooke-Rose
ECO, Umberto
Dincolo de interpretare. Semnificația hermeneuticii pentru filozofie
VATTIMO, Gianni
Editura Pontica, Constanta, 2003