20th Century Polish History and Culture
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | WH-KON-20thCentHisCu |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: | (brak danych) / (brak danych) |
Nazwa przedmiotu: | 20th Century Polish History and Culture |
Jednostka: | Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych |
Grupy: |
Grupa przedmiotów - oferta Erasmus |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Poziom przedmiotu: | podstawowy |
Symbol/Symbole kierunkowe efektów uczenia się: | (tylko po angielsku) enter learning outcome code/codes |
Skrócony opis: |
During lectures students will have a chance to familiarise with the Polish history and culture in the 20th century, its international and national contexts. Students will gain knowledge about the major historical events and figures, as well as important works of literature, film and music. Classes will also include reading and analysing various literary texts by contemporary writes. At the end of the course students will have an understanding of cultural and historical process in Poland and the region in the 20th century, will be able to identify key dates, figures and movements and will be able to analyse modern Polish literature with references to the past achievements. |
Pełny opis: |
During lectures students will have a chance to familiarise with the Polish history and culture in the 20th century, its international and national contexts. Students will gain knowledge about the major historical events and figures, as well as important works of literature, film and music. Classes will also include reading and analysing various literary texts by contemporary writes. At the end of the course students will have an understanding of cultural and historical process in Poland and the region in the 20th century, will be able to identify key dates, figures and movements and will be able to analyse modern Polish literature with references to the past achievements. 1.Poland 1900 – Historical and Political Contexts 2.The Young Poland – Decadence, Modernism, Symbolism 3-4. Polish Pre-War Cinema (2 lectures) 5. Literature in 1920s and 1930s 6-7. Polish Nobel Prize Winners in Literature – history and text analysis (2 lectures) 8. Poland After 1945 – Brief Overview 9. Censorship, Polish Underground Publishing, Jerzy Giedroyc and Kultura 10. Post-War Cinema 11. Famous Polish Documentaries and Documentary Film Directors 12. Visit to the National Museum in Warsaw 13. Polish Pop Music 13. Popular literature after 1989: crime and romance 14. Final exam – discussion on various topics related to and inspired by the problems discussed in class |
Literatura: |
Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki,A Concise History of Poland (Cambridge Concise Histories), Cambridge, 2006 Czeslaw Milosz, The History of Polish Literature, (Updated edition 2nd ed. Edition), University of California Press, 1983 |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
Attendance, active participation in class discussions |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie.