History of Culture and Mentalities in Antiquity
Objectives
a) Learn to relate the different spatial and temporal dimensions inherent to Antiquity and understand them both in a synchronic and diachronic perspective;
b) Know the main and most current historiographical interpretations relating the studied themes;
c) Know the major historical documents and be able to analyze and interpret them, understanding them in their historical context;
d) Know the political, social, economic, cultural and religious context relating to Antiquity;
e) Develop oral and written skills, integrating vocabulary and a conceptual discourse appropriate to the discipline;
f) Know the most important problematic and cultural expressions that characterizes man in Antiquity;
g) Acquire knowledge and skills that enable a deeper study of cultural issues relating to Antiquity
General characterization
Code
711051116
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- BOTTÉRO, Jean, Mésopotamie- L’écriture, la raison et les dieux, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1987
- FOSTER, Benjamin, From Distant Days – Myths, tales and poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia, Bethesda, CDL Press, 1995.
- LÓPEZ, Jesus, SANMARTÍN, Joaquín, Mitologia y Religión del Oriente Antiguo I Egipto- Mesopotamia, Sabadell, Editorial Ausa, 1993.
- ODISHO, Anobel Youhana, The Akitu Festival in Mesopotamia- the expression of royal ideology through Religion, Ritual and Architecture, [texto policopiado], Berkeley, 2004.
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, 2003-2006, http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/
- WALLS, Neal (ed.), Cult image and divine representation in the Ancient Near East, Boston, American School of Oriental Research, 2005.
Teaching method
- Exposition of the syllabus in theorical and practical lessons using powerpoints.
- Didactic support in summaries (syntheses), powerpoints, documents, etc.
- Comment on iconographic and textual sources in practical lessons. Debates in the sequence of films or workshops.
In class teaching
Evaluation method
one essay(50%), one test(50%)
Subject matter
1. Historical and cultural context
1.1 Geographical and chronological caracterization of Mesopotamia
1.2 The Sumerian heritage
1.3 The Semitic identity
1.4 The cultural syncretism in Mesopotamia
2 Mesopotamia Literature
2.1 The different categories of the texts
2.2 The oral tradition and its relation with the written compositions
2.3 The scribes and their roles as editors
2.4 Enheduanna, a poet and a scribe serving her dynasty
3 The love songs
3.1 Dumuzi-Inanna cycle
3.2 Enki and Enlil´s relations with their lovers
3.3 The mesopotamian woman as a lover and a wife
4 Mesopotamian Iconography
4.1 From the «Warka Vase» to the assyrian reliefs
4.2 The glyptic art
4.3 The main themes and symbols on the iconografic narratives
5 Performative actions on rituals
5.1 Cultic rama, dance and music
5.2 The different roles of priests and priestesses
5.3 The meanings on divine and human gender on ritual practices