Specialisation seminar in culture: Art in literature 2510-f2ENG2S-SSC-AIL

The seminar aims to acquaint students with the complex relationships that literature has been building with the fine arts over the centuries. It will provide a historical overview with focus on the changes in the fields of literature and the arts, starting from the antiquity and finishing with postmodern works.

The seminar will cover:

- poetry and painting/sculpture in Ancient Greece and Rome

- the functions of literature and art in the Middle Ages

- the word and the image during the Renaissance

- the Enlightenment view on the superiority of poetry over visual arts

- classical works of art in Romantic poetry

- imagined works of art in poetry

- modernist and postmodernist poetic approaches to visual art

- postmodernist novels and the new developments in fine arts during the 20th century:

+ Dadaism

+ Abstract Expressionism

+ Pop-Art

+Conceptual Art

Total student workload

5 ECTS points = 125 hours 30 hours - seminar 25 hours - reading and preparation for classes 20 hours - individual consultations (face to face and via the Internet) 20 hours - writing and editing the midterm essay 30 hours - writing and editing the final essay

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: The graduate has in-depth knowledge of the relationship between literature and art in the Anglophone literary tradition - K_W05, K_W08, W2: The graduate has in-depth knowledge of Anglophone literary studies with its distinct terminology and literary phenomena - K_W07, KW_09, W3: The graduate has in-depth knowledge of selected historical, social, religious, philosophical and political issues determining the development of Anglophone literature and culture - K_W10, KW_11.

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: The graduate is able to integrate knowledge from various disciplines within Humanities, such and literature and the fine arts, and apply it in an entire range of situations - K_U06, U2: The graduate is able to place the analysed works in a specific historical and cultural context - K_U09, U3: The graduate is able to critically analyse and interpret ekphrastic texts, use specialist terminology and justify the selected methodology - K_U10.

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: The graduate appreciates the Anglophone tradition and cultural heritage and is aware of their responsibility for preserving them K_K05.

Expository teaching methods

- description
- narration
- problem-based lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- seminar
- practical
- expert panels
- brainstorming

Course coordinators

Jarosław Hetman

Assessment criteria

Responsive participation in classes - K1, U1, U3. - 20% of the final grade

Midterm essay: W1, W2, W3, U2, U3. - 30 % of the final grade

Final essay: W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3. - 50% of the final grade

60%-71% = 3.

72%-76% = 3+

77%-84% = 4.

85%-90% = 4+

91%-100% = 5.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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