Renaissance and Humanism

Course Information
TitleΑναγέννηση και Ανθρωπισμός / Renaissance and Humanism
Title in FrenchRenaissance et humanisme
CodeΚΕ-ΛΟΓ-02
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolFrench Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID280006404

Class Information
Academic Year2016 – 2017
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600053007
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • French (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Improvement of the literary and artistic knowledge of a specific period. Familiarization with the philosophical thought and ideas of Humanism. Capacity to distinguish styles and features of works of the period.
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an international context
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Renaissance and Humanism as intellectual and artistic phenomena of the human development are studied and analysed through texts and works of that period. Aspects, features, particularities and themes of literary and artistic production are especially examined as well as their influence reflected to the artists of the next centuries. In addition, emphasis is given to several areas of the human activity (social, politic, scientific, religious, philosophical) in order to show the importance of this period's ideas to the evolution of european civilization and the construction of the modern subjectivity.
Keywords
Renaissance Literature, Humanism ideas, renaissance art
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
E-class, PPN presentation, links and websites related to the course, e-mail
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Reading Assigment682.7
Written assigments150.6
Exams30.1
Total1255
Student Assessment
Description
The grade is the result of the evaluation of the presentation and the grade of the final exams.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Michel de Montaigne, "Περί δόξας" και "Περί ματαιότητας". Δύο δοκίμια, μετάφραση-πρόλογος Μ. Λιτσαρδάκη, Αθήνα, Παπαζήσης, σειρά "Φιλοσοφική βιβλιοθήκη", 2012.
Additional bibliography for study
Jean DELUMEAU, La civilisation de la Renaissance, Paris, Arthaud, 1993. Caroline TROTOT, L'Humanisme et la Renaissance, Paris, Flammarion, 2009. Peter BURKE, La Renaissance européenne, Paris, Seuil, 2002. Pascal BRIOIST, La Renaissance, 1470-1570, Paris, Atlante, 2003. Bartolomé BENNASSAR-Jean JACQUART, Le 16e siècle Paris, Armand Colin, 2002. Gérard LEGRAND, L'art de la Renaissance, Paris, Larousse,"Comprendre", 2005.
Last Update
29-11-2016