Essence and goals of cultural comparative studies as a subject of research and teaching as well as its implementation in the curriculum of Warsaw German Studies. Cover Image

Wesen und Ziele der Kulturkomparatistik als Forschungs- und Lehrgegenstand sowie seine Umsetzung ins Curriculum der Warschauer Germanistik.
Essence and goals of cultural comparative studies as a subject of research and teaching as well as its implementation in the curriculum of Warsaw German Studies.

Author(s): Tomasz G. Pszczółkowski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: comparative studies; culture; German studies; Warsaw; university curricula;

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the nature and objectives of a teaching subject, which is offered for several years on German Studies Institute at the University of Warsaw by employees of the Department of German-speaking courtiers as a part of Intercultural Communication specialization. Comparative studies in culture are a term, which differs from philological comparative studies. It means a sub-discipline, which concerned with aspects of culture outside of literature and linguistics, in this case with comparisons of German and Polish culture.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 339-346
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German