PLB_44 Traditions of Byzantine Culture in Slovakia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Peter Žeňuch, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Peter Žeňuch, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Peter Žeňuch, DrSc.
Timetable
Thu 16:40–17:25 N01023
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Podmienky na zapísanie kurzu (prerekvizity): a) orientácia v kultúrnych a historických reáliách v stredoeurópskom priestore od stredoveku po súčasnosť b) základná orientácia v slovanskom kultúrno-historickom a jazykovom prostredí
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to teach students about the shaping of the Byzantine-Slavonic and Church-Slavonic cultural and literary traditions in Slovakia and in the East-Carpathian region. The lectures are dedicated to some of the most recent problems of linguistic, literary, cultural and historical development of the Cyrillic creation in the milieu of the Byzantine-Slavonic rite. Questions of Cyrillic legacy in other religious and folk literary genres in Slovakia and in the East-Carpathian region are also included.
Syllabus
  • a) The two traditions concerning the origins of the Byzantine-Slavonic rite in our region; b) a survey of the history of the Byzantine-Slavonic Church in Slovakia and in the East Carpathian region; c) theological, catechetic and paraliturgical literature in the Chruch Slavonic language.
Literature
  • Haraksim, ź.: K sociálnym a kultúrnym dejinám Ukrajincov na Slovensku do r. 1867. Bratislava, Veda 1961
  • Avenarius, A.: Byzantská kultúra v slovenskom prostredí v 6.-12. storočí. Bratislava, Veda 1992
  • ŽEŇUCH, Peter. Cyrillic Manuscripts from East Slovakia. Slovak Greek Catholics: Defining Factors and Historical Milieu. Rím, Bratislava, Košice: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Slavistický kabinet SAV, Centrum spirituality Východ-Západ, 2003. Monumenta byzantino-slavica et latina Slovaciae I. info
  • ŽEŇUCH, Peter. Medzi Východom a Západom. Byzantsko-slovanská tradícia, kultúra a jazyk na východnom Slovensku. Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo SAV, 2002, 288 pp. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar-meeting, discussion.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. During the course, students must write an essay on a previously selected topic.Final Project.
Language of instruction
Slovak
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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