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Lecturer(s)
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Komorousová Alžběta, Mgr. Th.D.
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Course content
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1. Sumerian of creation (cosmogony, theogony and anthropogony) 2. Akkadian ideas of creation (cosmogony, theogony and anthropogony) 3. Sumerian pantheon and mythology 4. Akkadian pantheon and mythology - Babylon 5. Akkadian pantheon and mythology - Assyria 6. Flood in Mesopotamian tradition 7.Sumerian mythical heroes Enmerkar and Lugalbanda 8. Gilgamesh in Sumerian tradition 9. Akkadian mythical heroes Adapa, Etana 10. Gilgamesh in Akkadian tradition
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction, Students' portfolio, Internship, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 6 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 5 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to know history of ancient Middle East - to characterize cultures of ancient Middle East - to identify different ancient religious systems and to characterize them - to identify important deities of given period |
| Skills |
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| - to work individually with academic literature in Czech and English - to gain information from the contemporary information sources and to interpret them critically - to use effectively modern information technology |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to describe the development of religious ideas of ancient Mesopotamia - to describe the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheon - to characterize Mesopotamian cosmological, cosmogonic, theogonic and anthropogonic concepts - to describe mythological and epic compositions written in Sumerian and Akkadian language |
| Skills |
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| - to analyze individually problems related to the nature of the religion of ancient Mesopotamia - to identify those religious elements that have been incorporated into younger religious and thought systems and to interpret their meaning - to interpret mythological and epic texts written in Sumerian and Akkadian language - to study independently domestic and foreign literature |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Bottéro, Jean. Nejstarší náboženství: Mezopotámie. Praha : Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1348-2.
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Hruška, B., Matouš, L. Prosecký, J., Součková, J. Mýty staré Mezopotámie. Parha, 1977.
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Jiří Prosecký (ed.). Encyklopedie starověkého Předního východu. Libri Praha, 1999.
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Kramer, Samuel Noah. Historie začíná v Sumeru : z nejstarších záznamů o projevech lidské kultury. Praha : Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961.
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Prosecký, Jiří a Marek Rychtařík. Epos o Gilgamešovi. Praha, 2018.
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Prosecký, Jiří. Encyklopedie mytologie starověkého Předního východu. Praha : Libri, 2003. ISBN 80-7277-188-4.
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Prosecký, Jiří. Slova do hlíny vepsaná. Mýty a legendy Babylónu.. Praha: Academia, 2010. ISBN 978-80-200-1893-9.
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