FF:PL_38 Wizards, Wisewomen, and Vampir - Course Information

PL_38 Wizards, Wisewomen, and Vampires in Eastern Europe and in the Balkans

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Giuseppe Maiello, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each even Monday 15:50–17:25 K12 nerezervovat

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Folk magic became the subject of many discussions especially among cultural historians and anthropologists. Since Early Middle Age have been preserved documents, which provide us with the evidence of magical practices in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. These manuscripts were written in Latin, Greek and Church-Slavonic. If it is true that in Eastern Europe in the 17th and 18 century there was no significant theological discussion about witchcraft, as we know from Western Europe, because the Orthodox Church just passive followed the old lessons of the Fathers of the Church, then it is also true that the 19th century ethnographic literature may particularly contribute to understand this very important field of European cultural heritage.

Syllabus

• The definition of magic in Cultural Studies
• Magical practices in Central Europe (texts in Latin)
• Magical practices in Eastern Europe (texts in Church Slavonic)
• Magical practices in Southeastern Europe (texts in Greek, Church Slavonic and Old serbian)
• Russian ethnographic Literature of the 19th century (texts in Russian)
• Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian ethnographic literature of the 19th century (texts in Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian)
• Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol and Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
• The collapse of traditional folk culture
• Magic and spiritualism in Russia in the early 20th century. The Rasputin case
• Eastern European and Balkan wizards, witches and vampires in the post-modern perception

Literature

recommended literature
• DE MARTINO, Ernesto. Magický svět : prolegomena k dějinám magična. Translated by Kateřina Vinšová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 293 s. ISBN 8072034804. info
• Folk mythology of Macedonians. Edited by Tanas Vražinovski - Ljupčo S. Risteski - Vladimir Karadžoski - Lola. Skopje: Matica makedonska, 1998, 323 s. ISBN 9989481601. info
• AFANASJEV, Aleksandr. Das goldmähnige Pferd :russische Zaubermärchen. 2. Aufl. Leipzig: Reclam-Verlag, 1988, 347 s. ISBN 3-379-00256-9. info
• KARNAUCHOVA, Irina Valerijanovna. Nenagljadnaja krasota : russkije volšebnyje skazki. Illustrated by Vladimir Michajlovič Konaševič. Izdanije vtoroje. Leningrad: Detskaja literatura, 1971, 205 stran. info

not specified
• MAIELLO, Giuseppe. Vampyrismus v kulturních dějinách Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 189 s. ISBN 8071067245. info
• TOLSTOJ, Aleksej Konstantinovič. Upíři na staré Rusi. Translated by Miroslav Staněk. V tomto souboru vyd. 1. Praha: Havran, 2004, 204 s. ISBN 8086515397. info
• MOSZYŃSKI, Kazimierz. Kultura ludowa Słowian. Wyd. 2. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1968. info

Teaching methods

Lectures,class discussion,reading, translations

Assessment methods

oral exam, translation

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

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