1. Symbols in Culture: Mythology, Art, Literature Tatiana Kolcheva PhD in Cultural Studies kolcheva@mail.ru

2. 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

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

4. Is there any connection? We’ll try to find it.

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

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

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

8. And at the end of our classes we’ll 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…

9. 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