The topics for lectures
Phenomenon of culture and its theoretical basis. (2 hours).
- Concept of culture: category, problem. Material and spiritual culture. The person in the culture world.
- Main content and functions of culture.
- Traditional and modern culture.
- Methodology and principles of culture analysis, its structure and functions. Philosophical concepts of culture.
Culture and civilization. (2 hours).
- The concept of a civilization.
- Culture and civilization ratio.
- Typology of civilizations.
- Modern civilization and its features.
Cultural scenarios of activity. (2 hours).
- Concept of the cultural and life scenario.
- Culture of thinking.
- Culture of communication.
- Culture education.
- Culture of labour.
Spiritual and material culture of Ukrainian people. (2 hours).
- Features of the inner world of Ukrainian people: outlook, mentality, national character.
- Archaic (Indo-European), Old Slavic, Christian representations.
- National character. Mentality. Mental and characteristic features of Ukrainian people.
- Ukrainian and problems of national identity.
- Stages of development of Ukraine.
- Traditional material culture of Ukraine.
Culture of primitive society. Ukrainian culture of a pre-Christian era. (2 hours).
- Features of primitive culture.
- Specifics of mythological consciousness.
- Monuments of primitive culture in the territory of Ukraine.
- Trypillya culture as one of the ancient cultures in the territory of Ukraine.
- The Scythians’ and the Sarmatians’ culture in the territory of Ukraine.
- Influence of antiquity on formation of early Slavonic culture.
- The problem of Slavonians’ origin: main scientific theories and hypotheses.
- Stages of cultural and ethnic consolidation of Slavonians and their characteristics.
Culture of ancient civilizations and their influence on Ukrainian culture. (2 hours).
- Characteristic features and peculiarities of civilizations of the first generation.
- Culture of Ancient Mesopotamia.
- Culture of Ancient Egypt.
- Culture of Ancient Greece.
- Culture of Ancient Rome.
Culture of the Middle Ages. Ukrainian culture of 14th century. (2 hours).
- Presentation of the Middle Ages and its influence on culture.
- Clerical culture of the medieval society.
- Secular culture of the Middle Ages.
- Cultural paradigm of Kyiv Rus’: its essence and features of formation.
- Development of Kyiv Rus’art.
World and Ukrainian culture of Renaissance and New time. (2 hours).
- Periodization and general characteristics of culture of Renaissance.
- Main stages of culture of the Renaissance.
- The role of Renaissance in the history of European culture and art.
- Reformation: new system of values.
- Scientific revolution of 17th century and formation of world outlook bases of New time culture.
- Secular culture. Main values of the era of Education.
- Features of development of Ukrainian culture in 17th – 18th centuries.
- Culture of «Cossack baroque».
Tendencies and features of development of world culture of 19th– early of 20th centuries. National and cultural Revival in Ukraine. World and Ukrainian culture of 20th – early of 21st centuries. (2 hours).
- General characteristic features of European culture in 19th century.
- Main art directions: neoclassicism, romanticism, realism.
- Ukrainian national and cultural Renaissance. Preconditions, periodization, motive forces.
- Ukrainian problem on the international scene.
- Periodization, features and general tendencies of development of Ukrainian culture in 20th century.
- Panorama of art process of 20th century (modernist style, modernism, neo-realism, pop art).
- Searching for the solution of global problems of mankind.
- Peculiarities of the development of Ukrainian culture in 20th – early of 21st centuries.
The topics for seminars
Phenomenon of culture and its theoretical judgment. (2 hours).
- The subject, object and the main objectives of the History of Ukrainian culture.
- The role of the course in education of specialists in pharmacy.
- Concept of culture: category and problem.
- Material and spiritual culture.
- The person in the culture world.
- Main content and functions of culture.
- Traditional and modern culture.
- Methodology and principles of culture analysis, its structure and functions. Philosophical concepts of culture.
- Ukrainian culture science thought.
Culture and civilization. (2 hours).
- The concept of a civilization.
- Culture and civilization ratio.
- Typology of civilizations.
- Modern civilization and its features.
Culture of primitive society. Ukrainian culture of a pre-Christian time. (2 hours).
- Syncretism of primitive culture.
- Monuments of primitive culture in the territory of Ukraine.
- Preconditions of formation of a civilization.
- Trypillya culture as one of the ancient cultures in the territory of Ukraine.
- The Scythians’ and the Sarmatians’ culture on the territory of Ukraine.
- Main monuments of material culture of the antique cities of the Black Sea Coast.
- Characteristic features of material culture: ritual character of burials, funeral symbols, kurgan ceremony.
- Stages of cultural and ethnic consolidation of Slavonians and their characteristics.
- Social and economic development and political system of Slavonic tribes as a defining factor of identity of Slavonic culture.
Culture of ancient civilizations and its influence on the Ukrainian culture. (2 hours).
- Characteristic features and peculiarities of civilizations of the first generation.
- Culture of Ancient Mesopotamia.
- Culture of Ancient Egypt.
- Culture of Ancient Greece.
- Culture of Ancient Rome.
Medieval culture. Ukrainian princely culture. (2 hours).
- Presentation of the Middle Ages and its influence on culture.
- Clerical culture of the medieval society.
- Secular culture of the Middle Ages.
- Cultural paradigm of Kyiv Rus’: its essence and features of formation.
- Development of Kyiv Rus’ art.
- Folklore and literature of Kyiv Rus’ as a forerunner of modern Ukrainian literature.
World and Ukrainian culture of Renaissance and New time. (2 hours).
- Periodization and general characteristics of culture of Renaissance.
- Main stages of culture of Renaissance.
- The role of Renaissance in the history of European culture and art.
- Reformation: new system of values.
- Scientific revolution of 17th century and the formation of world outlook bases of culture of New time.
- Secular culture.
- Main values of the era of Education.
- Features of development of the Ukrainian culture of 16th – 17th centuries. Culture of «Cossack baroque».
- Differences of Ukrainian and European Education.
Tendencies and peculiarities of the development of world culture in 19th – early of 20th centuries. National and cultural Revival in Ukraine. (2 hours).
- General characteristic features of European culture in 19th century.
- Dynamics of world outlook paradigms in European public consciousness in 19th century.
- Main art directions: neoclassicism, romanticism, realism.
- The Ukrainian national and cultural Revival late of 18th – early of 20th centuries as the precondition of formation of Ukrainian national culture in 20th century.
- Ukrainian national and cultural Revival: preconditions, periodization, motive forces.
- Characteristic features of the academic (noble) stage of national and cultural revival.
- Features of interaction of policy and culture at a turn of centuries.
- Ukrainian problem on the international scene.
- Features and characteristic features of the political (state) the period of the national and cultural Revival in Ukraine.
World and Ukrainian culture in 20th – early of 21st centuries. (2 hours).
- Periodization, features and general tendencies of development of Ukrainian culture in 20th century.
- Panorama of art process in 20th century (modernist style, modernism, neo-realism, pop art).
- Searching for the solution of global problems of mankind.
- Peculiarities of the development of Ukrainian culture in 20th – early of 21st centuries.
Questions to the final module control
- The subject and objectives of the course.
- The term “culture”. The essence of the scientific approach to defining culture.
- Culture space and culture forms.
- Basic culture science concepts.
- The functions of culture.
- Typology of culture. The main approaches.
- Mental field of culture. Specific features of Ukrainian mentality.
- Monuments of a primitive society culture.
- Material culture of Ukrainian people and its peculiarities.
- Features of the spiritual culture of Ukrainian people and its types.
- Ukrainian art as a form of spiritual culture.
- World and a man in the archaic culture of Ukraine.
- Culture and traditions of Eastern Slavonic culture.
- Kyiv Rus’ as a new stage in the development of Slavonic culture.
- The emergence of Slavonic written language, libraries and schools in Kyiv Rus’.
- Urban Development. Outstanding architectural monuments of Kyiv Rus’.
- Monuments of written works in Kyiv Rus’.
- Features of culture in Halychyna‑Volyn state.
- Conditions and peculiarities of development of Ukrainian culture in the Polish-Lithuanian period.
- Lavra as a center of literature and education.
- Origin of Printing, the first printers and publishers in Ukraine.
- Features of Ukrainian Cossacks culture.
- The role of Cossacks in the development of Ukrainian culture.
- Features of Zaporizhzhya Sich culture.
- Reformation movement in Ukraine. The development of Ukrainian language and education (16th – 17th centuries).
- Kyiv Mohyla Academy – all-Ukrainian higher educational establishment.
- The development of science in Ukraine in 16th – 17th centuries.
- Polemic literature and its prominent representatives.
- The National Liberation War of 1648-1654 and the revival of Ukrainian culture.
- Development of education in Left Bank Ukraine and in Right Bank Ukraine in the mid to late 17th century.
- Music and art in 17th century.
- Enlightenment: the development of political and philosophical thought in Ukraine.
- Hryhorii Skovoroda as an outstanding figure of Ukrainian culture.
- The activities of Theofan Prokopovych.
- Ukrainian Baroque.
- Appearance and development of Ukrainian theatre.
- Professional music in 18th century.
- Genesis and the periods of National Cultural Revival in Ukraine in the late 18th – early 20th centuries.
- National and cultural revival in Halychyna.
- Features and trends in the Ukrainian literature of 19th century.
- The development of theatre and drama in Ukraine in 19th century.
- Musical Culture of Ukraine in 19th century.
- Major trends in the development of fine arts in 19th century.
- The place of Taras Shevchenko in the development of Ukrainian and Slavonic cultures.
- Taras Shevchenko as a founder of Ukrainian realist painting and graphics.
- Tsarist government policy in relation to the Ukrainian language.
- Sunday schools, the system of secondary and higher education in Ukraine in 19th century.
- The development of scientific and technical societies in Ukraine in 19th century.
- Ivan Franko and Lesia Ukrainka and their role for the Ukrainian culture.
- New national-cultural revival (late 19th – early 20th centuries)
- Revolutionary-democratic trends in literature and the rise of literary life in Ukraine (late 19th – early 20th centuries)
- New style of architecture in Ukraine (late 19th – early 20th centuries)
- Development of education in Ukraine in the early 20th century.
- Mychailo Hrushevsky – a scientist and culture studies’ researcher.
- Cultural Revival in the 1920-ies.
- The development of science in Ukraine in 20th century.
- Ukrainization in the 1920 – 1930-ies. Its essence and meaning.
- Development of Ukrainian Soviet literature.
- Art Associations in Ukraine in the 1920 – 1930-ies.
- “Executed Renaissance” in the 1920 – 1930-ies in Ukraine.
- The tragic consequences in the development of Ukrainian culture in the period of Stalin’s personality cult.
- The development of culture in the modern period.
- Devastating consequences of World War II in the development of cultural processes in Ukraine.
- The role of traditions in the development of content and form of spiritual culture of Ukrainians.
- The process of democratization of state and the development of culture.
- Perspectives of education, science, literature and art in Ukraine today.
- Cultural, educational and artistic associations of Ukraine today.
- Contemporary revival of Ukrainian culture.
- National Ukrainian culture and its connection with other cultures.
- Cultural processes in Ukraine (1950 – 1980-ies).
- The role of history and culture in shaping of national identity.
- The role of cultural institutions (libraries, museums, clubs, theatres) in the development of national consciousness.
- The traditions of people as a mean of training the younger generation.
- Culture of Ukrainian Diaspora.
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