HISTORY OF KOREAN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 2

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA E DELLE RELIGIONI DELLA COREA 2
Course code
LT2485 (AF:369226 AR:223422)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/20
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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* The teaching language of this course is English.

This course falls within the characterizing teachings of the "Korea" curriculum of the course "Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa".
Its educational objectives fall within the area of learning cultural and humanistic skills.
Students are expected to
- have a deeper knowledge and understanding of Korean thoughts and religions.
- demonstrate a general understanding of the philosophical debate and religious practices, knowing how to trace relationships and comparing thinkers, currents of thought and values
- Know how to identify and contextualize thinkers, currents of thought, values in a broad historical-cultural dimension
- be able to find and critically use study materials such as monographs, scientific journals and digital resources
The student should have a good knowledge of the history of Korean religious traditions, acquired through (but not exclusively) the educational objectives of the course "Storia della filosofia e delle religioni del Corea 1". In addition, it is desirable for the student to have a basic knowledge of Korean history.
Week 1 Orientation “What do we know about Korean Thoughts and Religions?”
Week 2 Understanding of Korean Shamanism
Week 3 Shamanism and Korean Society
Week 4 Korean Folk Religion
Week 5 Yin Yang and Wu Xing (Five Elements)
Week 6 Saju (Four Pillars of Destiny)
Week 7 P’ungsu (Geomancy)
Week 8 Understanding of Korean Buddhism
Week 9 Buddhism and Korean Society
Week 10 Daoism and Korean Culture
Week 11 Understanding of Korean Confucianism
Week 12 Confucianism and Korean Society Today
Week 13 Body and Traditional Religions
Week 14 New Religions of Korea
Week 15 Religion and Traditions
Several Articles and Book Chapters, uploaded in the Moodle. Further non-compulsory readings will be presented during the lectures and made available on Moodle.
- Class attendance & Informed and Active participation in the class (Attending courses regularly are strongly encouraged)
- Final Exam (100%): Written-test (90 minutes) with multiple choice questions and descriptive essays.
Lectures and exercises with PowerPoint presentations. Presentations and in-depth materials will then be available on the Moodle platform.
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Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 12/06/2023