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2108934 - Metafizika ljubavi: lirska poezija i filozofija ljubavi u evropskim knjizevnostima srednjeg veka i renesanse

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 2108934
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 3.0 Status
      Condition Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Developing students' skills for comparative studies of medieval and renaissance poetry and for the interdisciplinary approach to the cultures of the middle ages and early modern age. On the one side, this course is looking at love poetry, and on the other, at the religious and philosophical concepts of love. This course also implies a specific postmodern perspective.
      The outcome After this course, the students should be able to write and speak about the European poetry of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. They will acquire a comparatist perspective on various lines of European literary traditions, their intertextual connections, and inter-literary influences.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Theory of poetry, cultural theory, theological discussions, and profane concepts of love all provide a theoretical framework for the lectures and poetry analysis. Troubadour poetry and the respective concept of love. Medieval Christian mysticism. Dante. Petrarch. Petrarchism and anti-petrarchism. Maurice Sceve, Luise Labe, Pierre de Ronsard, Shakespeare, John Donne. Humanist and neo-platonist theories of love. Mysticism in the Renaissance. This course also implies a comparative insight into the migrations of the themes and motifs from one literary tradition to the other European traditions.
      Contents of exercises Analysis and interpretation of the poems written by the major Troubador poets, Dante, Petrarch, Maurice Sceve, Luise Labe, Pierre de Ronsard, Shakespeare, st. Therese de Avila, St, John of the Cross, John Donne. Reading and interpretation of the relevant philosophical texts (Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Leon Ebreo)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2
      Methods of teaching Lectures, discussions, analyses of the poems and philosophical texts.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 15 Test paper 70
      Practical lessons Oral examination
      Projects
      Colloquia
      Seminars 15