Bachelor
2024/2025
History and Culture of European Countries
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course studies various aspects of art through the lens of history of the Mediterranean Europe from primitive to post-industrial society in terms of forms, materials, styles and worldviews of different social groups. While discussing the steps of human history you are going to explore a variety of monuments and themes of visual arts created by the masters of Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Germany etc. You will learn how to ‘read’ and understand the world known canvases, to see on them what you didn’t see before. You will get familiar with different genres in painting, biographies of their creators, read and discuss myths, fairy-tales and articles.
Learning Objectives
- Acquaint students with key scholars, theories and history of cultural studies
- Introduce students to the key artworks and their creators in the historical (geopolitical) frames with the help of museums and exhibitions
- To develop students' critical thinking related to arts study
- To get familiar with all stages of art and architecture development throughout history of the Mediterranean
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students can identify the geographical and cultural features of the region.
- Provide students with the facts of ancient Greece history and culture
- Define the place of ancient Greek civilization in the world hstory and in the regional development of the Mediterranean
- The main terms of the Roman culture will be defined and explained
- Introduce students to the key artworks and their creators in the historical (geopolitical) frames with the help of museums and exhibitions
- Form a systematic understanding of the fine arts and architecture evolution issues
- Develop skills in recognizing and analyzing different countries and historical epochs artworks
Course Contents
- Unit 1. Introduction. The Mediterranean Region
- Unit 2. Ancient Greece
- Unit 3. Ancient Rome
- Unit 4. Culture of medieval Europe
- Unit 5. Renaissance culture
- Unit 6. Western European culture of modern times
- Unit 7. XX century
Assessment Elements
- Final TestThe test can integrate diverse assignments, for example open and close tasks
- In-class participation
- Quizzes
- Group Project
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.3 * Final Test + 0.25 * Group Project + 0.1 * In-class participation + 0.15 * In-class participation + 0.1 * Quizzes + 0.1 * Quizzes
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 9780300205152 - Paquette, Gabriel - The European Seaborne Empires : From the Thirty Years' War to the Age of Revolutions - 2019 - Yale University Press - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2111791 - nlebk - 2111791
- Akin, Y. (2011). The Ottoman Home Front during World War I: Everyday Politics, Society, and Culture.
- Armitage, D., & Subrahmanyam, S. (2010). The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, C. 1760-1840. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1522916
- Black, R. (2001). Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy : Tradition and Innovation in Latin Schools From the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=74141
- Blockmans, W., & Hoppenbrouwers, P. C. M. (2017). Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1620912
- Ching, F. D. K., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2017). A Global History of Architecture (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1492721
- Cook, J. W., & Facts on File, I. (2006). Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature (Vol. 1st ed). New York: Facts on File, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=229629
- Davis, B. J. (2000). Home Fires Burning : Food, Politics, and Everyday Life in World War I Berlin. The University of North Carolina Press.
- Gold, S. F., Chenowith, E., Andriani, L., & Zaleski, J. (2003). ART OF THE FIRST CITIES: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus (Book). Publishers Weekly, 250(33), 74. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=10618566
- Hopkins, L., & Steggle, M. (2006). Renaissance Literature and Culture. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=837464
- Kuiper, K. (2010). Ancient Greece : From the Archaic Period to the Death of Alexander the Great (Vol. 1st ed). New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=317112
- ZOCH, P. A. (2020). Ancient Rome : An Introductory History. University of Oklahoma Press.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 9780252050541 - Albala, Ken - The Banquet : Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe - 2017 - University of Illinois Press - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1625767 - nlebk - 1625767
- 9781476608433 - Harty, Kevin J. - The Reel Middle Ages : American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe - 2006 - McFarland - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1052184 - nlebk - 1052184
- 9781861895486 - Bendiner, Kenneth - Food in Painting : From the Renaissance to the Present - 2004 - Reaktion Books Ltd. - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=292540 - nlebk - 292540
- Cinema History as Social History : Retrospect and Prospect. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.dspace.library.uu.nl.1874.383233
- Cline, P. L. (2016). Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome: An Introduction. Etruscan Studies, 19(1), 177–180. https://doi.org/10.1515/etst-2016-0004
- Deger-Jalkotzy, S., & Lemos, I. S. (2006). Ancient Greece : From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=165161
- Kinoshita, S., & Horden, P. (2014). A Companion to Mediterranean History. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=752634
- Klasa, M. G. (2014). State and Empire Before and During the Napoleonic Era ; The effects of liberal revolutions in France, Spain, and Portugal at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A221B540
- Leo Charney, & Vanessa R. Schwartz. (1995). Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life. University of California Press.