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,,Why Dylan matters'' A short Introduction to Bob Dylan's Poetics

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Course ID: WH-KON-WHYDYL
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Course title: ,,Why Dylan matters'' A short Introduction to Bob Dylan's Poetics
Name in Polish: ,,Why Dylan matters'' A short Introduction to Bob Dylan's Poetics
Organizational unit: Faculty of Humanities
Course groups: Courses at UKSW
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Subject level:

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes:

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Preliminary Requirements:

(in Polish) Basic humanistic knowledge

Short description: (in Polish)

This course examines Bob Dylan as a musical, literary and cultural phenomenon. We will trace the evolution of his songs from the early folk tradition to the complicated artistic structure of his work in the last years. We will examine a literary and cultural context of his art - from an ancient poetry to the entire western literary canon

Full description: (in Polish)

1. A short introduction into Bob Dylan artistic career.

2. First years - a voice of the generation.

3. Electric Dylan.

4. New Morning.

5. Tangled up in Blue

6. Christian Era

7. Infidel?

8. About 2000

10. What more? Rough and Rowdy ways.

Bibliography: (in Polish)

Timothy Hampton, Bob Dylan. How the Songs Work, New York 2019

Richard F. Thomas, Why Dylan Matters, William Colins 2017

Bob Dylan, Chronicles, vol. 1, New Tork 2004.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria: (in Polish)

1. Active participation in class.

2. Mandatory attendance.

3. Final essay (up to 5 pages).

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31
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Type of class:
Conversatorium, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Magdalena Bober-Jankowska, Krzysztof Koehler, Joanna Zajkowska
Group instructors: Krzysztof Koehler
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Examination: Course - graded credit
Conversatorium - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs)

Type of subject:

obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

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