Symbols in Culture: Mythology, Art, Literature Tatiana Kolcheva PhD in Cultural Studies

What can we see? What does it mean? "What sort of objects are they? Are they physical objects? Mental objects? Both? Metaphors? Symbols? Reifications? Leslie White

What can we see? What does it mean? Circle? Sun? Unity? Or?...

Is there any connection? Well try to find it.

If you want… to know about symbols in culture to understand symbols to interpret symbols in art, architecture and literature You are welcome!

SPECIALLY FOR YOU lectures with presentations theory of symbol geometry, colours, plants, animals, characters in myths as symbols in art, architecture and literature

SPECIALLY FOR YOU seminars with your own workbook: vocabulary tasks texts (English/Russian) Moodle page: thesaurus literature and interesting sites interactive tasks

And at the end of our classes well be able to understand what it mean s : Лишь многорукость деревьев для ветерана мзда за одноногость, за черный квадрат окопа с ржавой водой, в который могла б звезда упасть, спасаясь от телескопа. И. Бродский Maybe… I hope…

Curriculum Vitae Tatiana Kolcheva PhD in Cultural Studies Associate professor Faculty of Russian Philology and Document Science Chair of Literature and Spiritual Legacy of Lev Tolstoy Research Interest Literature and Culture of the Romanticism and the Symbolism My personal favourite: Edgar Allan Poe and Russian Symbolists Teaching Courses taught at various faculties include: The History of Foreign Literature German Literature