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Lecturer(s)
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Havlíček Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topic 1: Introduction 21. 9. Examples of embodied ritual practices 5. 10. Introduction to the theory of ritual 1 19. 10. Introduction to the theory of ritual 1 Topic 2: Feast of All Saints and commemoration of the faithful dead ("All Souls' Day") 26. 10. Introduction to the event; ritual as a memory medium; funeral as a cultural performance 2. 11. Joint visit to "All Soul's Day" mass 9. 11. Analysis of the mass as a cultural performance Topic 3: Advent 23. 11. Introduction to Advent: the concept of the incarnate Word and its manifestations in the Christian cult 27. 11. Joint visit to Mass (1st Sunday of Advent) 30. 11. Analysis of the mass as a cultural performance
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The course will introduce students to the issues of religious and cultural anthropological study of performance and ritual with special attention to the devotional culture of the High and Late Christian Middle Ages.
At the end of the course, students will be able to - explain the basic theories of ritual and the most important terms and categories associated with it (definition of ritual, typology of ritual, myth and ritual, ritualization and symbolic action, transition rituals, ritual - time and space, ritual exchange, etc.), - apply these concepts to specific religious phenomena from the past and present - analyze specific religious phenomena from the past and present using methodological tools from performance theories
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Prerequisites
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No addmission requirements.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
- Participation in seminars (min. 70%). - Homework (reading assigned texts in Czech and English). - Active participation in group discussion. - Final colloquium (10-minute presentation on some of the discussed topics and subsequent discussion).
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Recommended literature
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BELL, Catherine M.:. Ritual :perspectives and dimensions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997..
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McCauley, Robert N., Lawson, E. Thomas. (2002). Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms.. Cambridge University Press.
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Peterson, N. H. (2003). The Representational Liturgy of the Regularis Concordia. In The White Mantle of the Churches. Architecture, Art and Liturgy Aroud the Millenium, ed. N. Hiscock..
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Renfrew, Colin, Morley, lain, Boyd, Michael. (2018). Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies.. Cambridge University Press.
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Richard McCall. Do This. Liturgy as Performance.
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Stevenson, Jill. (2010). Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture: Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York.. Palgrave Macmillan.
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